Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, scottish shortbread. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Born in Scotland - it's Scotland, wrapped up and delivered Shortbread is one of the most famous Scottish cookies. It is eaten around Christmas and is also an essential part of a traditional Scottish New Year (called Hogmanay). The success of a "shortie"—the Scottish nickname for shortbread—is to handle the dough with care and work it as little as possible. Historically, Scottish shortbread only varied from traditional shortbread in that it was originally made with remnants of bread dough, oatmeal and yeast, resulting in a dry, biscuit-like cookie.
Scottish shortbread is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Scottish shortbread is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have scottish shortbread using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Scottish shortbread:
- Prepare 2 cup salted butter (soft)
- Prepare 1 cup brown caster sugar
- Get 4 cup self raising flour
- Take 1 tab vanilla essence
It is what my mom would call the perfect "cuppa tea bickie"! Scottish Shortbread ready for the oven. The easiest way to make the dough is in a food processor. Place all of the ingredients into the work bowl, and process to make a smooth, sticky dough.
Steps to make Scottish shortbread:
- Have your oven on at 180’ or gas mark 5. Beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla essence.
- Add flour and mix it well in the mixing bowl. Turn on to a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1cm/½in thick.
- Cut into rectangle shape and place onto a baking tray. Use a fork to press down lightly to make the pattern. Sprinkle with caster sugar.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool on a wire rack. It’s simply delicious 😋
The easiest way to make the dough is in a food processor. Place all of the ingredients into the work bowl, and process to make a smooth, sticky dough. Sprinkle board with the remaining flour. Sometimes it is suggested to roast walnuts on a baking sheet before using them. I tried this but the nuts burn very easily and I stopped doing it.
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