The Best Shortbread Recipe
Mmmm, shortbread! It tastes like an indulgent treat yet it is so quick and easy to make - it only needs 3 ingredients! Go on, go make it now...
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 86kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g plain flour
- 150 g butter, softened (room temperature)
- 60 g caster sugar plus extra for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
- Grease a 20cm baking tin/line with parchment paper.
- Add the butter and sugar to a mixing bowl. Cream it together using an electric mixer, or if you don’t have one, a spoon.
- Sift the flour into the bowl and gently mix it until it is mixed in.
- Using your hands, mix together until a soft dough has formed.
- Press the dough into the baking tin, use your hands to ensure the dough is flat and reaches the edge of the tin.
- Using a knife, gently score the shortbread into biscuit size pieces.
- Optional: use a fork to decorate the shortbread biscuits.
- Bake in preheated oven for around 15-20 minutes, don’t let the biscuits brown.
- Take the shortbread biscuits out of the oven and gently score again.
- Leave the biscuits to cool before removing them from the tin.
- Sprinkle a little caster sugar over the surface.
Notes
The biscuits will last for up to 5 days in an airtight container, should they last that long ;)
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Sugar: 8g
