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A Shortbread Message

A Shortbread Message

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This shortbread mixture is so delicious, just roll and cut out any shape you like, or roll into a log shape, chill then slice into rounds and bake until crisp and golden.

Preparation Time 20 minutes
Baking Time 10 minutes
Portions 30-40 biscuits
Skill Level Easy
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A Shortbread Message Ingredients

325 grams Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly) Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
200 grams Butter chilled
125 grams Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's) Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
2 tsp Vanilla Extract (Nielsen Massey) Vanilla Extract (Nielsen Massey)
2 Egg Yolk large Egg Yolk
Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon) to dust Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon)
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This recipe uses

  • Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
  • Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
  • Vanilla Extract (Nielsen Massey)
  • Egg Yolk
  • Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon)

How to make A Shortbread Message

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  1. Set the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas4. Lightly grease 2-3 baking trays.
  2. Place the butter, flour and sugar in a food processor and blend until it makes fine crumbs. Add the egg yolks and continue to blend until the mixture clumps together (or rub the butter into the flour until it forms bread crumbs, then stir in the vanilla extract and egg yolks and beat with a wooden spoon until it forms a dough) method tip
  3. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead lightly into a ball. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 mins.
  4. Roll the mixture out on a lightly floured work surface, then using cutters cut out your letters or words. To make the jam hearts, cut out two equal sized hearts, then use a smaller cutter to cut a small heart out of the centre of one of them method tip
  5. Bake for 10-15 mins depending on size and thickness, or until just pale golden. Allow to cool for 10 mins on the baking trays then cool completely. If liked, sandwich the biscuits with jam, dust with icing sugar or ice with royal icing
  6. These biscuits will keep for a week in a cake tin
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