Shortbread cookie recipe

Make these moreish shortbread biscuits using just three ingredients. Put the flour, butter and sugar into a mixing bowl. Use your hands to combine the ingredients until the mixture looks shortbread cookie recipe breadcrumbs, then squeeze until it comes together as a dough.

Cut the dough into fingers and place on a lined baking tray. Use a fork to create imprints, then sprinkle with the remaining caster sugar. Chill the dough in the fridge for 20 mins, then bake for 15-20 mins until golden brown. Remove the shortbread fingers from the oven and leave to cool on the tray for 10 mins.

This website is published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Distribution. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Not to be confused with Shortcake or Shortcrust pastry. Shortbread or shortie is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three to four parts plain wheat flour. The triangular wedges became known as “petticoat tails” in Scots and this form of shortbread has become particularly associated with Mary, Queen of Scots.