NOTE: This is an adaptation of a recipe that appeared in The Toronto Star Monday, December 02, 2013 in their Cookie Calendar section
Details here.
This is my first time EVER at making shortbread, so be gentle with me.
There just can’t be a simpler ingredient list than this:-
* 1 cup (250 ml) butter at room temperature.
* ½ cup (125 ml) icing sugar
* 2 cups (500 ml) all-purpose white flour
Mix the lot gently, using the wooden-spoon method or whatever. I ran my batch in my bread mixer for about four minutes.
Hand-roll into balls, palm-flatten onto a sheet of parchment paper.4
Thirteen minutes OR LESS in an oven pre-heated to 350° OR LOWER!
Yummy. Honest!
Shortbread Cookies
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
Good one Chris.... I love shortbread cookies and didn't know it was so easy to make!
I might just give this one a try before Xmas. It looks simple enough.
BTW:
I prefer the whatever method
I might just give this one a try before Xmas. It looks simple enough.
BTW:
Mix the lot gently, using the wooden-spoon method or whatever.
I prefer the whatever method
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
I will guess that icing sugar is what I know as powered sugar?ChrisGreaves wrote: * ½ cup (125 ml) icing sugar
This recipe seems simple enough and laden with calories too! Ought to be good!
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Powered sugar...hmmmm that would be more like "Powerade" or Red Bull! I'd lighten up on the power and replace with powdered sugar!Skitterbug wrote:I will guess that icing sugar is what I know as powered sugar?
I wouldn't like to see kids that are energized up on powered sugar....
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
Hilarious!Rudi wrote:Powered sugar...hmmmm that would be more like "Powerade" or Red Bull! I'd lighten up on the power and replace with powdered sugar!Skitterbug wrote:I will guess that icing sugar is what I know as powered sugar?
I wouldn't like to see kids that are energized up on powered sugar....
Guess you realize I can't ty[e or spel..... Maybe I need some of the powered sugar in
Here's a link for the product I was thinking about!
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
to make a little bit nicer try adding an egg yolk.
Years ago Canadian Living magazine carried a recipe that came from Dundurn Castle (in Hamilton Ontario). I don't have the recipe with me but the egg yolk is what seems to make the difference. I have about a dozen different recipes for shortbread and always add the egg yolk.
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Years ago Canadian Living magazine carried a recipe that came from Dundurn Castle (in Hamilton Ontario). I don't have the recipe with me but the egg yolk is what seems to make the difference. I have about a dozen different recipes for shortbread and always add the egg yolk.
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Is that only the 1 egg yolk based on the above recipe from Chris?capri wrote:to make a little bit nicer try adding an egg yolk.
Years ago Canadian Living magazine carried a recipe that came from Dundurn Castle (in Hamilton Ontario). I don't have the recipe with me but the egg yolk is what seems to make the difference. I have about a dozen different recipes for shortbread and always add the egg yolk.
capri
TX for the tip!
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
Yes - 1 egg yolk for any recipe requiring around 2 cups of flour.
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TX :)
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
Well, Skitters, it's funny that you should raise this point.Skitterbug wrote:I will guess that icing sugar is what I know as powered sugar?
In Saturday's Toronto Star a recipe for "Toasted Almond Clusters" calls for both "quick-dissolving super fine sugar" and icing sugar, so I guess those two are different kinds.
But see also my musings on "why?"; it is possible that some mother had run out of icing sugar and used q-dsf sugar as a substitute. Or vice-versa.
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Re: Shortbread Cookies
Superfine sugar has crystals, although smaller than those of regular (=fine) sugar.
Icing sugar, aka powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar, has been ground to a fine powder.
I suspect that using only superfine sugar would work just as well in this recipe.
Icing sugar, aka powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar, has been ground to a fine powder.
I suspect that using only superfine sugar would work just as well in this recipe.
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