Nicky’S Favourite Shortbread

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Servings: 1 Difficulty: Advanced
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International-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Nicky’S Favourite Shortbread

Author: chefs-mate Cooking Method: Cuisine: Courses:
Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 1 Calories: 983.9

Description

This International dessert features Unsalted butter (room temp., Icing sugar, All purpose flour*, Baking powder, Salt. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slivers of glaced cherries * 1 3/4 c if measured before sifting
  2. Cream butter and sugar together until silky.
  3. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix until blended, but just.
  4. Turn out on a lightly floured pastry cloth, & with lightly floured hands, gather into one lump.
  5. (This may appear sloppy & maybe hopeless.
  6. As in pastry, you will go wrong if you are too heavy handed or afraid of it!)
  7. Toss it just a bit to get it to lump and
  8. pat out into a square about 1/3 inch thick; square off your edges with a large knife or spatula, smooth with a stocking rolling pin and
  9. cut into 1 inch squares.
  10. Place slightly apart on ungreased cookie sheet with a sliver of cherry on each.
  11. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes.
  12. They should be just pale brown on bottom.
  13. WATCH IT, THEY BURN VERY EASILY.
  14. Remove gently please, they are still having birth pangs;
  15. place to
  16. cool on trays covered with waxed paper.
  17. Store in cans, they keep for weeks in a cool place, and their flavour mellows

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 983.9kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 49.8g77%
Saturated Fat 30.8g154%
Cholesterol 129.0mg43%
Sodium 1266.4mg53%
Total Carbohydrate 121.3g41%
Dietary Fiber 3.2g13%
Sugars 30.4g
Protein 12.5g25%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, blending, butter, christmas, dessert, favourite, flour, icing, international, nickys, powder, purpose, room, salt, shortbread, sugar, temp, title, unsalted, vegetarian
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