Chunky chocolate nut bars
Adding cinnamon to basic vanilla shortbread lends these bars an extra Christmassy fragrance
Vanilla shortbread dough
Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe
Easy
Prep: -
Use this dough as the base for biscuits, to eat yourself, or to make as a Christmas gift
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- 325g plain flour
- 200g chilled salted butter
- 125g/4½oz golden caster sugar
- 2 tsp good-quality vanilla extract
- 2 large free range egg yolks
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal0
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0glow
Method
step 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.
step 2
Add the sugar, vanilla and egg yolks and whizz to a small dough.
step 3
Tip the dough onto a sheet of non-stick baking parchment and use the paper to roll the dough into a log shape, twisting the ends like a cracker. Chill for 3 hours or overnight.
step 4
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan. Slice the log into 1cm-thick rounds and arrange on a baking sheet leaving gaps between them.
step 5
Bake for 15-20 mins until golden. Leave to firm on baking sheet for 3-4 mins then transfer to a wire rack.
