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Irish butter shortbread for Valentine's Day

Fiona Staunton • Feb 02, 2021

A simple tasty treat that is quick and easy to make

Only 3 ingredients - how good is that?


In lockdown my kids are loving baking in the kitchen.  How about letting them loose this year to create these heart shaped biscuits for Valentine's day this sunday? 


Adults always comment in my demos that they never knew it was so easy to make shortbread!

As a child this was the first dish I learned to make, here is the recipe and here is the video!

Ingredients:

170g Plain flour

110g butter

55g sugar


Method:

1.Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

2.Rub the butter into the flour until it is like breadcrumbs, add sugar.

3.Gather the mixture together and knead to a ball. Alternatively mix all ingredients in a food processor.

4.Sprinkle the board with flour and roll out to about 7mm thick.

5.Cut into shapes and bake for 12-15 mins until pale brown.

6.Remove and cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.


Variations:

You can add some lavender essential oil to make lavender shortbread or add orange zest for orange shortbread, dip half of each biscuit in melted chocolate if you like.

Storage:
These will keep in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

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