Classic buttery English Shortbread homemade and warm from your oven…it’s the BEST!
We love this recipe for classic English Shortbread during the holidays. You know those extra buttery cookies you love? You can easily make them at home, and once you’ve had one warm, you’ll never want store bought again.
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Ingredients to make English Shortbread:
- 2 + 1/4 stick of butter room temp
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cup + 2 TBL all purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
How to make English Shortbread:
- With a beater, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- Combine and sift the flour and cornstarch together.
- Slowly add the combined flour mixture to the butter mixture until a crumbly dough forms.
- Grease a 9×13 pan and add the dough into the pan. Press the dough into the pan until it’s flat and even. With a fork, poke holes all over the top of the dough.
- Bake at 300 for 45 minutes.
- Once baked, sprinkle the shortbread with granulated sugar.
- Cut into squares and let it cool before eating. It’s so delicious warm!This makes an awesome homemade gift…if you have any left! 😉
English Shortbread
Classic English Shortbread made at home and warm from your oven...it's so delicious!
Ingredients
- 2 + 1/4 stick of butter room temp
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cup + 2 TBL all purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
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With a beater, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Combine and sift the flour and cornstarch together. Slowly add the combined flour mixture to the butter mixture until a crumbly dough forms.
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Grease a 9x13 pan and add the dough into the pan. Press the dough into the pan until it's flat and even. With a fork, poke holes all over the top of the dough.
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Bake at 300 for 45 minutes.
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Once baked, sprinkle the shortbread with granulated sugar. Cut into squares and let it cool before eating. It's so delicious warm!
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*Recipe by Marie Kimber, photos by Kami Bigler for NoBiggie.net. Find all of Marie’s recipe posts here.
