Easy Christmas shortbread
1 hour 40 min
Set out a glass of milk and these biscuits right by the chimney on Christmas Eve for Santa, or simply offer them to friends and neighbours!
chenille
15 people made this
Ingredients
Makes: 20 biscuits
- 250g butter, softened
- 1 pinch salt
- 130g caster sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
- 300g plain flour
Method
Prep:1hr ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:30min chilling ›
Ready in:1hr40min
- In a large bowl cream together the butter, salt, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla seeds. Add flour all at once and knead mixture quickly, until a ball of dough is formed. Wrap tightly with cling film and put in fridge to chill for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Lightly grease a baking tray, or line with baking parchment.
- Roll out dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 5mm. Cut biscuits out of dough using your favourite biscuit cutter shapes.
- Bake on prepared baking tray for about 10 minutes, then let cool and enjoy!
