Vanilla shortbread dough
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- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep: -
- Easy
- Between 16 - 44 biscuits, depending on recipe
Use this dough as the base for biscuits, to eat yourself, or to make as a Christmas gift
| Highlight | Nutrient | Unit |
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| kcal | 0 | |
| fat | 0g | |
| saturates | 0g | |
| carbs | 0g | |
| sugars | 0g | |
| fibre | 0g | |
| protein | 0g | |
| low in | salt | 0g |
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.
RECIPE TIPS
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.
Goes well with
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2002
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