Shortbread
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Prep40 min
Cook40 min
Total80 min
Scotland's three-ingredient biscuit, given at Christmas and Hogmanay — one part sugar, two of butter and three of flour, with a little rice flour for snap, baked low and slow until pale and sandy.
Ingredients
Serves:16
Ingredients
- 200 g butter, softened
- 100 g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 250 g plain flour
- 50 g rice flour
- 1 pinch salt
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidence182kcal · per serving
2g
Protein
20.5g
Carbs
10.3g
Fat
Recipe total: 2913 kcal · P 31.8g · C 328.2g · F 165g
Estimated from 5 of 5 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oven to 160°C (140°C fan).
- 2Beat the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until smooth and pale, but not fluffy.
- 3Sift in the flour, rice flour and salt and work them in with your hands until the dough just comes together; overworking makes it tough.
- 4Press the dough evenly into a 20 cm square tin lined with baking paper, smooth the top and prick all over with a fork. Mark it into 16 fingers with a knife.
- 5Chill for 20 minutes so it keeps its shape.
- 6Bake for 35–40 minutes, until firm and only just pale golden at the edges.
- 7Sprinkle with caster sugar straight away and cut along the marks while hot. Leave in the tin until cold, then lift out.
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Questions and answers
How long does Shortbread take to make?
About 80 minutes: 40 min prep and 40 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Shortbread?
5 ingredients: butter, caster sugar, plain flour, rice flour, salt.
How many servings does this Shortbread recipe make?
16 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Shortbread?
About 182 kcal, with 2 g protein, 20.5 g carbohydrate and 10.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Shortbread recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Shortbread?
Shortbread comes from British cuisine.
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