Vanilla shortbread dough
Use this dough as the base for biscuits, to eat yourself, or to make as a Christmas gift
Difficulty and servings
Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 10 15 mins
- 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.
- Add the sugar, vanilla and egg yolks and whizz to a small dough.
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.
'A lovely crumbly shortbread.'
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Difficulty and servings
Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe
Preparation and cooking times
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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