Scottish Shortbread

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Scottish Shortbread

Serves 8-12 depending on size

Ingredients

  • 80g Caster Sugar
  • 160g Unsalted Butter
  • 180g Plain Flour
  • 60g Cornflour (alternatively use ground rice/semolina for crunchy shortbread)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to Gas 4 / 180°C / 350°F
2. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy
3. Sift together the cornflour and flour
4. Add the flour to the butter and sugar, and mix into a smooth dough. Try not to overmix
5. Tip onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to about ½-1"/1-2cm thick
6. Use a cookie cutter of your choice, or cut into fingers
7. Place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and put fork indents along the top if you want
8. Alternatively, you can press into a shortbread baking pan
9. Bake for 20 minutes until pale golden-brown
10. Sprinkle with more caster sugar, then allow to cool for 10 minutes before transferring carefully to a cooling rack

Note

Variations:

Lemon Shortbread - add the zest of 1 whole unwaxed lemon

Choc Chip Shortbread - add 100g chocolate chips

Cinnamon Shortbread - use golden caster sugar, and add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Cherry Shortbread - add 50g of chopped glace cherries

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