Short Bread Biscuits are my ultimate favourite biscuit treat, closely followed by biscotti. I did some baking for work to raise a bit a cash for comic relief. These are yummy and very easy to make and everyone seems to love them.
What you need....
250g/8oz butter (which is softened at room temp)
180g/12oz Plain Flour
110g/4oz Caster Sugar
You could throw in chocolate chips if you wish to make them even more yummy. A little FYI, you'll need extra flour and sugar for later on. You need to preheat your oven to gas mark 5/190 (mine is a fan oven).
In a big bowl cream together your butter and sugar. Wooden spoon, hands or hand mixer work well.
Once creamed together add your flour a small amount at a time. Using your hands to mix works best due to the warmth of them. Keep adding until you've added it all. By now you should have a dough formed.
On a clean flat service, dust with a little flour and with a rolling pin.... Get rolling. You want the dough to be between 0.5 to 1cm thick or they will crumble when cooked.
With cookie cutters or a just a knife, create your shapes. Place them on a lined oven tray with good spacing between them. Decorate with a folk if you wish and sprinkle on a little caster sugar. Then pop in the oven for 13 minutes.
Take them out and let them cool before munching on them. I'm tempted to make these again and half dip them in chocolate hmmm!!!
Side note.... I know these are not very healthy but I find baking therapeutic :-) Enjoy x
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These look really yummy. x
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