Vanilla Shortbread

August 2013

Makes 16 small biscuits

Ingredients

130g Butter, softened
60g Caster sugar
190g plain flour
2 teaspoons vanilla essence

Method

  1. Grease and line a baking sheet and preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius
  2. Cream together the butter and sugar and add the vanilla essence
  3. Add the flour and stir in until you have a uniform dough. Don’t overwork the mixture at this stage or you will exercise the gluten in the flour and make your shortbread tough.
  4. Roll out the dough (around 1cm thick) and use a cutter to cut out your biscuits. Lay them on your baking sheet and bake for 15 to twenty minutes or until pale golden in colour.
  5. Cool on a wire rack and dust with caster sugar before serving.