shortbread recipe

Gingham_Ribbon

It's 4 oz of cornflour, then caster sugar for on top. The OP is having trouble with spacing on her pc.

jinny

Hi There thanks for the clarity, off to bake some now!

odds-n-sods

A repost of the OP!

"Apologies for the spacing ... this pc seems not to like it! Hope it's still readable!

Hello all - As mentioned on another thread, I'm making jams and shortbreads this year to put in Christmas hampers. Another MSE-er asked for the recipe and thought would share.
It's a Women's Institute recipe and it's melt in the mouth!

225g (8oz) softened butter
115g (4oz) icing sugar
225g (8oz) plain flour (although all I had was self raising and this worked great too)
115g (4oz) cornflour
caster sugar to dredge

Cream butter and sugar, then blend in flour and cornflour. Grease a swiss roll tin and press mixture in firmly. Bake at 150 degrees c (fan oven) for 40-50 mins until golden in colour. Leave to cool in the tray for 10 mins and dredge with caster sugar. Cut into fingers and put on wire rack to cool totally.

Enjoy! xx"

beemuzed

Thanks for this, it looks a really good recipe.Shortbread is DH's absolute favourite (despite being diabetic!) and as it's his birthday tomorrow I just might make him some!

Bobbykins

Hi Sam-I-am....I was the poster that originally asked you to share your shortbread recipe. Just wanted to let you know that I made a trial batch last night intending to experiment on the DH with it (ooh, think I might need to rephrase that!)

Anyway, it was absolutely YUMMY and it's all gone now! So much for my good dietary intentions this weekend! Thank you so much for the recipe....definately recoomended!:beer:

jasmine33

would love a tried and tested shortbread recipe please

pigpen

I just found a WONDERFUL one.. The shortbread literally melts in your mouth..

4oz sr flour
4oz butter .. softened.. almost melted!
1oz white veg fat (I used trex)
2oz granulated sugar
1oz cornflour

If you want choc flavoured add.. 5 tbsp cocoa powder

Rub fats into flour so it is like bread crumbs

stir in sugar, cornflour and cocoa if required!
mix together to make a pliable dough (if it is too dry add a little melted butter!!)
shape into 12 small balls place on baking sheets 2inches apart

cook at 150'C/300'f/gas mark 2 for 20-25 minutes until golden

Do not eat straight from the oven.. they stick to your tongue and it takes days for it to recover!!

They are fine to eat after a couple of minutes cooling!

freyasmum

Hiya,

My recipe is:

12oz flour
8oz butter (the recipe says creamery, I use value)
4oz sugar

Cream your butter and sugar until almost white and add in your flour, slowly.
Bake and gas mark 2/150' for an hour and check every 15minutes thereafter. My mum says it doesn't take that long in her oven, but it does in mine.

Remember to fork it all over before baking and cut when out of the oven and sprinkle with sugar (better to use caster, but again, I don't)

Lx

Ianna

That sounds delicious! any idea what a gal can do to make it caramel and chocolate topped? Do I just melt chocolate and plonk it on?

pigpen

Ianna.. yep.. you best wait until it is cooled first though!!