Vanilla shortbread dough

Vanilla shortbread dough

Use this dough as the base for biscuits, to eat yourself, or to make as a Christmas gift

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Method

  1. Tip the flour into a food processor. Cut the butter into small pieces and drop them into the bowl, then whizz until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
  2. Add the sugar, vanilla and egg yolks and whizz to a small dough.
Try

Rubbing in

If you haven't got a processor, rub the butter into the flour in a large bowl, then add the remaining ingredients and mix to a dough with your hands.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2002.

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  • 20 March 2009

    wills9 commented on this recipe

    its good #

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  • 09 May 2009

    mochi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very moreish and went down a treat with everyone. I split the batch and put dark chocolate chips in one of them which was really nice.

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  • 26 July 2009

    Hannah Dawson rated this recipe

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  • 18 August 2009

    Tracysharam commented on this recipe

    Made these, very easy recipe bound well together and cooked quickly at 170 centigrade in about 10 minutes. The children enjoyed making shapes with cutters and the dough held well. Made them for the local fete and they were a hit. Will definitely use again.

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  • 14 September 2009

    heaventhorn rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a totally awsome recipe... I made tones of shortbread and even mixed it with chocolate chunks which also tasted great. I highly recomend this as they are so simple to make!!

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  • 22 September 2009

    Tashab07 commented on this recipe

    I have made this twice now and it is absolutely amazing! My work colleagues and Gramp think its soo tasty, the biscuits don't last long! I use a cheap vanilla essence (couldn't find a quality extract in my Sainsbury's) but it still tastes great!

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  • 08 October 2009

    Mick Howes commented on this recipe

    made these last weekend, my first venture into shortbread making, excellent results, everyone who tried them thought they were the best they had tasted!

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  • 22 October 2009

    Mick Howes rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    try this, instead of the vanilla, add coffee flavoring (I added until the dough mix had a pleasant coffee aroma), makes a really good coffee break treat!

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  • 16 November 2009

    Pippa commented on this recipe

    I have just notice on this recipe it does not give the temp or time to cook, so I've taken the liberty of looking up a similar recipe to find out this info for anyone looking at this recipe. This is from the recipe for Lemon Star Biscuits. TEMP:180c/gas4/fan160c. TIME:18-20mins. If you turn the biscuit over when you think they are cooked and give it a little tap, if it feels firm and sounds like a bought biscuit when you tap it, then it's cooked. Hope this is of some help.

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  • 10 December 2009

    Shirley commented on this recipe

    I find this to be an excellent, easy-to-do recipe and my husband loves the biscuits. The last time I made them I omitted the vanilla and added the grated zest of an orange which worked very we

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  • 19 December 2009

    cookie nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    i have just made the vanilla/chocolate swirl and they look great! i added about 1 tsp of cocoa to my mix, but needs more like 2 or 3 to make it look/taste chocolatey. But i think mine have come out more like biscuits than shortbread :(

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  • 27 December 2009

    Snoopylove rated this recipe

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  • 28 December 2009

    shaz rated this recipe

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  • 03 April 2010

    CookGirl-xox rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    It tasted brill but it all fell apart when I took it out the oven!

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  • 17 July 2010

    Jenniebibs rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe, very simple and very tasty. 180c as others have said, until they look ready. Keep checking because it's easy to overcook.

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  • 23 July 2010

    fluffy1995 commented on this recipe

    the timing come under this link. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1137/sugardusted-vanilla-thins?countView=false

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  • 06 August 2010

    aniseedgal rated and commented on this recipe

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    very nice.... I reduced the sugar and made without the vanilla. Cooked on gas mark 4 for about 25 minutes.

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  • 15 August 2010

    Michelle rated and commented on this recipe

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    These have a lovely taste. Very easy to make. I made some circle shaped ones and put some ready made and set lemon cheescake mixture on the top just before serving and added some lemon caramel for decoration. See Lemon Panna cotta recipe for the lemon caramel, and the cheescake mix is 200g cream cheese and 150ml double cream whipped together, then add 75g icing sugar and juice of 2 small lemons. Leave in the fridge for a few hours to make sure it is really set firm.

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  • 25 August 2010

    Sarahhh commented on this recipe

    Really easy to make. My nephews loved them!!

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  • 27 August 2010

    Linda commented on this recipe

    Have just seen Cath C's question from 16/4/08. Substitute 100g of the flour with 100g of semolina. Hope this helps. Better late than never.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 325g plain flour
  • 200g chilled salted butter
  • 125g/4½oz golden caster sugar
  • 2 tsp good-quality vanilla extract
  • 2 large free range egg yolks
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