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Classic Shortbread

January 20, 2013 Penny Leave a Comment

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Shortbread bicuits in a cup and saucer
Shortbread - Perfect With Tea

Shortbread – Teatime Favourite

Shortbread is probably one of my favourite biscuits so I thought it is about time I included an easy shortbread recipe. It is one of the simplest biscuits having just 3, or 4 ingredients, depending on whether you use rice flour as well as plain wheat flour. I think it is best made with butter for the full buttery taste, but you can use margarine either and it will still taste good.

Shortbread is one of my favourite biscuits and this such an easy recipe, I wonder that I don’t make shortbread biscuits more often! Perfect for Sunday tea!

Rice Flour

The rice flour just gives the shortbread a more robust, grainy texture. It is important not too use too much or it can become almost gritty. You should find rice flour in larger supermarkets and also in small health food shops since it is used as an alternative flour for people who have a wheat intolerance or allergy.

If you do not have rice flour, simply make up the shortfall with plain flour.

Keep Your Dough Cool

Like with pastry, it is important to keep the ingredients and dough for the shortbread cool and to avoid over-handling. If you have time it is a good idea to refrigerate the dough to rest before it goes in the oven. It just makes it a little flakier and crisper.

It will still be nice, however if you do not do this!

Shortbread – Any Shape

You can choose to have your shortbread any shape. You can form it into around and bake it in a cake tin, marking it into triangles from the centre for traditional petticoat tails or you can pre cut it into fingers and bale it as individual biscuits. Or use a shaped cutter to cut out any shape you would like. You can make our own patterns in the top.

You can roll out the dough to the desired thickness too, as you can choose whether to have thick, or thinner shortbread biscuits. You will need to adjust the baking time accordingly.

The biscuits will still be soft when you remove them from the oven so you do need a little patience, letting them have time to cool before they are ready to eat.

Store them in an air tight container and they will keep for a few days. Perfect with a cup of tea! A fabulous treat to slip in your lunch box.

Classic Shortbread Biscuit Recipe


Prep time: 40 minutes – including chilling time

Cook time: 30 minutes

Total time: 70 minutes

Ingredients

  • 115g / 4oz butter, cut into pieces
  • 55g / 2oz caster sugar
  • 130g / 4.5oz plain flour
  • 40g / 1.5oz rice flour

Cooking Directions

  1. For petticoat tails, grease and line a cake tin

  2. For fingers grease and line a baking sheet

  3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar

  4. Sieve the flour and rice flour together and sprinkle on to the butter mixture

  5. With cool hands, work the flour into the mixture until you have a smooth dough

  6. Roll out the dough to the desired shape, round or oblong using your hands to get the final shape

  7. The thickness can be 5mm-15mm

  8. Place the dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes

  9. Pre-heat the oven to 170 degrees C

  10. Place in the oven

  11. For fingers bake for about 30 minutes, for a round in the cake tin about 60 minutes. Remove from oven just before it starts to brown

  12. Allow to cool then turn out onto a wire rack

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