Vanilla shortbread dough
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep: -
- Easy
- Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe
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
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.
