SEARCH FOR:
find recipes or articles
Views: 139212
Last updated: 26 Jul 2010

Shortbread Biscuits

Recipe by: Sally  |  Photo by: apple.strudel
  • (7)
  •   Easy  
  •  
  • Ready in: 27 mins
Shortbread Biscuits
add photo
more photos
Add to favourites
Add a review
Add a tweak
Add a tag
Add to Facebook
Email a friend
Print friendly
Reviews (7)  |  Tweaks (2)
Added to favourites by 105 cook(s)
  • Prep: 15 mins  |  Cook: 12 mins
  • Serves: 12
These all-butter shortbread biscuits are simple yet luxurious. Use a biscuit cutter or a biscuit press to make festive shapes for Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter or any occasion!

Recipe provided by:

Allrecipes

Ingredients

500g butter, softened
200g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
500g plain flour

Preparation method

1. Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.
 
2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in vanilla; add flour and mix well.
 
3. Put through biscuit press and form biscuits onto baking trays. Alternatively, roll out to 1cm thickness and cut out desired shaped with biscuit cutters. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
 
Related categories
Categories can only be added by the recipe submitter and Allrecipes editors. Click to find more recipes in these categories.
Tags
Tags can be added by any Allrecipes members to help other home cooks find this recipe. Click to find more recipes with this tag.

Add one tag at a time in the box below.
››
More Tweaks (2)

  Tweaks

What did you do? 


>
  • Tweak: courtneydodd09 Something else:

    the serving amount is wrong we made 25 with the right mixture i think that u should change it to 12+ becuase it can make more than exactly 12 many thanks courtney and kelsie

    Like this tweak? [ YES ]
    5 users liked this tweak
    >
    Tweak: vickyc1981 Used different ingredients:

    i added chocolate powder, during the mixing stage.

    Like this tweak? [ YES ]
    30 users liked this tweak
    >
›› More Reviews & comments (7)

  Reviews & comments

Add a review or comment.  Click emoticons to add.

Rate this recipe.

You must make this recipe to give it a star rating and difficulty level. Did you make this recipe? YES

How would you rate it overall?

Not great
Excellent
How difficult was it to prepare?
Easy 
 Challenging
>

  • Review: Summer_Cookie

    Yummy But Just To Say You Will Need To Add Alot More Flour Before Rolling Out And It Also Makes Alot More Than Probably Intended. I Stuck To The Recipe, Only Adding More Flour So I Could Roll It Out, But I Managed To Make 78 Quite Small Biscuits.
    Posted: 26 Jul 2010 Easy
    >

    Review: courtneydodd09

    love this recipe its so easy i didnt use vanilla though i think its nicer without the vanilla
    Posted: 02 Jun 2010 Easy
    >
History

Want to see where you've been?

 
 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
©2010 Allrecipes.com
Allrecipes International:   Argentina . Australia/NZ . Brazil . China . France . Germany . India . Japan . Korea . México . Netherlands . Poland . Québec . Russia . Southeast Asia . USA/Canada
Man Tested Recipes