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Buttery Shortbread Biscuits

By Lorraine

Lemon glazed buttery shortbread are delicious little cookie bites. Easy recipe for delicate and crumbly English tea time biscuits. Call them biscuits or call them cookies, these buttery shortbread biscuits are delicious morsels of crumbly, buttery and delicate sweetness. They are a lovely treat with your favorite beverage.
 

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Call them biscuits or cookies, shortbread are delicious morsels of crumbly, buttery and delicate sweetness. Easy recipe for classic treats drizzled with or without lemon glaze.I am not sure how true it is but a notation on this recipe states that this is the recipe made for Queen Elizabeth II daily for tea time. It is a happy thought though, isn’t it 🙂
 

Making buttery shortbread biscuits

 
Call them biscuits or cookies, shortbread are delicious morsels of crumbly, buttery and delicate sweetness. Easy recipe for classic treats drizzled with or without lemon glaze.Made using just a few ingredients, this recipe caught my attention because it also has cornstarch – more than 3/4 of a cup. I’ve used cornstarch manly as a thickener and was curious to see how it worked here.
 

Rolling and cutting the dough

 
 
Call them biscuits or cookies, shortbread are delicious morsels of crumbly, buttery and delicate sweetness. Easy recipe for classic treats drizzled with or without lemon glaze.After making the dough, roll it out on a silicone mat or parchment paper and bake.
 
 
Call them biscuits or cookies, shortbread are delicious morsels of crumbly, buttery and delicate sweetness. Easy recipe for classic treats drizzled with or without lemon glaze.When baking is finished, sprinkle heavily with sugar. 
 
 
Call them biscuits or cookies, shortbread are delicious morsels of crumbly, buttery and delicate sweetness. Easy recipe for classic treats drizzled with or without lemon glaze.Cut into 1-inch squares.
 
 
Lemon glazed buttery shortbread are delicious little cookie bites. Easy recipe for delicate and crumbly English tea time biscuits.
 

 

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English Buttery Shortbread Biscuits

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Yield: about 3 dozen

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 3/4 cup cornstarch plus an additional 1 tablespoon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup sprinkling sugar

DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, and salt until well blended.

In mixer set on medium speed, beat the butter until creamy. Beat in the granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as necessary.

On low speed, add the flour mixture in two or three additions until it forms a soft dough.

Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350°F

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat.

On silicone mat or on parchment paper, roll the dough out to a ¾-inch-thick rectangle, about 5 by 8 inches using a kitchen ruler to measure and press the edges square.

Bake about 40 minutes or until lightly golden and firm to the touch. Slip the parchment paper with the shortbread onto a hard surface. Immediately sprinkle the shortbread heavily with the baker’s sprinkling sugar.

While still warm, use the ruler and a sharp knife, pointed straight down, to cut the shortbread into 1- or 1 ½-inch pieces. Cool completely.

 

Optional Lemon Glaze

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 Tbs. lemon juice
  • 1 Tbs. butter, melted
  • zest from lemon

DIRECTIONS

In a small bowl, stir together confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice and melted butter until smooth. Spread on cooled shortbread; top with zest.

 

Sprinkling sugar

 

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Filed Under: Cookies & Bars, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: Cookies, England, lemon, shortbread

Comments

  1. Bernideen says

    October 25, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    How yummy!

    Reply
  2. Carrie @ Cottage Cozy says

    October 4, 2016 at 12:25 am

    …and how I do love lemon! delish!

    Reply
  3. Karen says

    October 3, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    These look delicious. I would love the lemon glaze.

    Reply
  4. Ann says

    October 3, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Sounds yummy and your photos always make everything look delicious

    Reply

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