Traditional Shortbread

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recipe by Drop www.getdrop.com

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    274
based on 9 ratings

We like crunchy shortbread fingers in a towering stack. This recipe also works for a pizza-sized circle cut into wedges, or for neat little cut-out cookies.

recipe updated Jun 7, 2019

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    120g
  • Cornstarch icon
    Cornstarch
    50g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    3g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    115g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    55g

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Baking pan - 13 x 9"

Step preview

  1. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Add all purpose flour
  3. Add cornstarch
  4. Add salt
  5. Whisk briefly and set aside
  6. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  7. Add room temperature unsalted butter
  8. Add granulated sugar
  9. Cream together until pale and light
  10. Transfer dry ingredients to dough
  11. Knead until dough forms
  12. Chill - 30 min
  13. Pre-heat a clean baking pan - 150°C
  14. Line with parchment paper
  15. Roll out until 1 cm thick
  16. Slice
  17. Prick lightly
  18. Bake until golden brown - 25 min, 150°C
  19. Transfer onto cooling rack
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