175g/6oz Plain Flour
100g/4oz Butter or Margarine
50g/2oz Caster Sugar
Pre-heat oven to 150°C/300°F Gas 2
Cream the butter or margarine and caster sugar together until they are light and fluffy. Stir in the flour and once mixed knead the dough together until it forms a ball, add a sprinkle of flour if the dough is at all sticky.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is about 5mm thick.
Cut out the dough using your chosen cutter.
Place the biscuits on a floured baking tray and bake in the centre of the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Let the biscuits cool on a wire tray before decorating.
There are at least two reasons shortbread is called shortbread. One is shortbread requires a lot of shortening to make and the other is the term short refers to the texture of the final product.
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Shortbread is from Scotland.
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Walkers Shortbread was created in 1898.
Because people make so much!!
Shortbread originates from the United Kingdom, specifically Scotland.
There are about 142 calories in one shortbread cookie. However, this number may vary depending on the size of the shortbread cookie.
Biscuits vary in size and could be from 70 to 200 calories each.
Well as crazy as it sounds shortbread cookies are from scottland but they can be from any part of Englad. So yes, shortbread cookies are from scottland.
No. Shortbread is a sweet tasting biscuit that isn't usually eaten with breakfast