Shortbread is a cookie loved by the United Kingdom.
And you only need three ingredients for this famous cookie, butter, sugar, and flour.
But remember, the better the butter, the better the shortbread, simply because that’s the flavor you’re tasting.
Shortbread was once considered to be a food for Christmas or for Hogmanay (New Years Eve in Scotland), but is now a cookie that is enjoyed all the time. This is a great treat especially for teatime.
The first recipe for shortbread can be found in a Scottish Cookbook from 1736, and the term short from the medieval times was formerly used to describe something crumbly, like the crumbling of something with butter, which is why it’s called shortbread.
What you need:
- 2 sticks of butter
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 cups of flour
Directions:
- Put the butter and the sugar in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until combined, you might want to wait until the butter is room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees
- Beat in the sugar and flour to the butter mixture. Keep beating until a stiff dough forms.
- Divide the dough into two parts and then press the dough into two cake pans (oiled and lined with parchment paper to prevent sticking)
- Use a fork to poke the dough all over
- Bake for 35-40 minutes
- When it is done baking, turn the pan over and take out the shortbread. Cut the shortbread while it is still hot into little cookies.
