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Orange & Ginger Shortbread Stars

Published: Updated:
Celebrity recipe
Total Time
1h 20m
Prep Time
30m
Bake Time
50m
24 Stars
24 Stars
easy
Easy

About the Shortbread Stars

These Orange & Ginger Shortbread Stars are a perfectly simple recipe for all to get stuck into this Christmas period. With fresh orange zest, ground ginger and Billington's golden caster sugar, these shortbread biscuits are beautifully spiced and full of flavour.  

Drizzle with dark and white chocolate and once set, will make dazzling star decorations when threaded with Christmas ribbon or twine. A great family baking recipes for everyone to enjoy making (and eating) this festive season. 

7 ingredients5 steps
  • Vegetarian

Method

  1. Step 1

    Put the flour, sugar, orange zest and ground ginger into a mixing bowl. Chop the butter into cubes, then add it to the bowl and rub into the mixture with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs. Gently squeeze the dough together with your hands so that it comes into a ball.

  2. Step 2

    Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until5mm thick and use an 8cmstar cutter to stamp out 24 shortbread stars, re-rolling the dough as necessary.

  3. Step 3

    Put the stars on 2 baking sheets lined with baking paper and chill for 30minutes. Preheat the oven to 170°C, fan 150°C, gas 3½.

  4. Step 4

    If you want to hang up these biscuits, make a hole in each one with a skewer. Bake for 15-18 minutes until golden, then remove from the oven, leave to cools lightly on the tray then transfer to a cooling rack.

  5. Step 5

    Once cool, put the melted chocolate into2 small separate piping bags. Snip off the end of each bag with scissors, then drizzle the white chocolate over the shortbread stars, followed by the dark chocolate. Leave to set before serving or hanging.

Ingredients

  • For the shortbread

    • 300gAllinson's plain flour 
    • 100gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar 
    • 1 orangeOrange (zest only) 
    • 1/2 tspGround ginger 
    • 200gUnsalted butter (chilled) 
  • For the decoration

    • 50gDark chocolate (melted) 
    • 25gDark chocolate (melted) 

Utensils

  • Skewer
  • Rolling pin
  • Star cutter
  • Baking paper

Nutritional information per 24g serving

  • Energy 138cal
  • Fat 7.8g
  • of which Saturates 4.9g
  • Carbohydrates 15g
  • of which Sugars 6.1g
  • Protein 1.4g
  • Salt 0g

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