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How to make shortbread
     
Sections:
Introduction
  Equipment
  Ingredients
  Instructions
  Links
   
Related pages:
Recipes
  Scone
Flapjack

Buy British shortbread in the US:
Duchy Original shortbread (organic brand created by HRH The Prince of Wales)
Walkers shortbread (the best-known Scottish shortbread company)



INTRODUCTION

Simple instructions for making shortbread. It is normally eaten with a cup of tea in the late afternoon.

The Delia Collection: Baking
Author: Delia Smith
Publisher: BBC Books
Date: September 2005
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
Author: Nigella Lawson
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Date: October 2003

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EQUIPMENT


- Scales (not essential)
- A sieve (not essential) for removing lumps in the flour or sugar
- A large bowl (for mixing the ingredients)
- A rolling pin (for rolling the mixture evenly; if you don't have it, use a tin or other cylinder)
- A knife (for cutting the butter and shortbread)
- A fork (for spiking the shortbread)
- Greaseproof paper (not essential: makes it easier to cut, and keeps the tray clean)
- A metal tray (at least 1cm deep) (for cooking in the oven)
- A gas or electric oven

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INGREDIENTS



Flour (4 oz; 110g)

Caster sugar (1.5 oz; 40g)

Butter (2.5 oz; 60g)

Ingredient
Imperial measure
Metric measure
Self-raising flour
4 ounces (4 oz)
110 grams
Caster sugar
1.5 ounces (1.5 oz)
40 grams
Butter
2.5 ounces (2.5 oz)
60 grams

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INSTRUCTIONS



Add butter, flour and sugar

Mix them by hand until smooth

Make a ball; put it on greaseproof paper


Roll it into a rectangle (about 20cm x 15cm x 0.5cm thick)

Prick with a fork; put it on a baking tray


Bake in a pre-heated oven ...

at 350F/180C for 15-20 minutes

Cut it while still hot; then leave it to cool


A piece of shortbread

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LINKS


Making flapjack: Britain/Food/Cooking/Flapjack
Making scones: Britain/Food/Cooking/Scone
British tea-time: Britain/Food/Teatime

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