Easy All-Butter Shortbread Biscuit Recipe

This  easy all-butter shortbread biscuit recipe has a rich, buttery flavour and a crisp texture, perfect for having with a cup of your favourite coffee or a cup of tea. 

They are great given as presents to friends and keep well in an airtight tin. 

Ingredients

•  125g of caster sugar
• A couple of drops of vanilla essence or extract *optional
• 250g of fresh butter (you can use unsalted but I prefer salted) at room temperature
• 375g of PLAIN flour

Method

If you’re not using a food processor cream the butter and sugar together with the vanilla extract or essence

Fold in the flour carefully and mix until it forms a dough 

If using a food processor, put all the ingredients in the food processor bowl and process until the mixture forms one big clump. 

Next wrap the shortbread biscuit dough in clingfilm or a wax wrap and place in the fridge for 20 mins

Once the mixture is nice and cool preheat the oven to about Gas Mark 5 

Flour the work top with a sprinkling of plain flour

Roll out the dough until it is about 0.5cm thick

Cut shapes from the dough using a cookie cutter of your choice (I love stars and love hearts)  and transfer onto a baking tray

Bake in the oven until they have gone a light golden colour

Remove tray from oven

Sprinkle with caster sugar 

Leave for a few minutes on the tray and then transfer to a cooling rack. 

Serving Suggestion

If you like you can dip all-butter shortbread biscuits in melted chocolate and add sprinkles

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