Traditional Shortbread

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    137
based on 12 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 Feb 17, 2022

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    120 g
  • Cornstarch icon
    Cornstarch
    50 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    115 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    55 g

Tools

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