Shortbread.
You can cook Shortbread using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Shortbread
- You need of For shortbread:.
- It's 125 g of Butter.
- It's 55 g of Caster Sugar.
- Prepare 180 g of Plain Flour.
- It's of To top:.
- You need 1 tsp of Caster Sugar.
Shortbread step by step
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Cream together 55g of caster sugar and the butter.
- Stir in the flour until it resembles a ball.
- Using a rolling pin to roll out the paste until 1cm thick, roll on baking paper to avoid it sticking to the surface and flour your rolling pin to prevent sticking.
- Using a knife cut the paste into rectangles.
- Using the offcuts repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have no paste left.
- Transfer the rectangles to a baking tray and space out.
- Prick them with a fork and sprinkle with a the tsp of caster, then transfer to the fridge for 20 minutes to cool.
- After removing from the fridge, place in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes, then leave to cool on a wire rack before enjoying.