Dessert
Snowflake Shortbread Biscuits
- Difficulty: Easy
- Servings: 7
- Prep Time: 2 hrs
- Cook Time: 30 mins
Crumbly, sweet and delicious - these shortbread biscuits are a real treat and the perfect match for when you want a little more indulgence with your Baileys. And you don't have to be a master baker to whip them up because they're easy to make at home with just a few ingredients. So, step up your treating game and add these delicious shortbread biscuits to your next shindig!
Ingredients
Shopping List
- 65g salted butter (room temperature)
- 30g caster sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 90g plain flour
- Snowflake cookie cutter
Allergies
- Milk
- Wheat
Directions
- STEP ONEPreheat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400°F/Gas 6.
- STEP TWOPlace the sugar and the butter in a food processor and blitz until well combined. Add the flour and blitz again until it has a very fine breadcrumb texture.
- STEP THREETip your fine breadcrumb mixture into a mixing bowl, add the water and knead until you can form a ball. Now pop the dough in the fridge and let it rest for at least 2 hours.
- STEP FOURSprinkle flour onto a worktop or large cutting board and roll out the dough until it's about 1/4 to 1/2 cm thick. Use the snowflake cookie cutter to cut out your shortbread shapes. Top tip: if you roll out your dough on a piece of baking paper, you can gently cut out the snowflake shapes and lift off the excess dough - this leaves just the shortbread shapes, and you can lift the baking paper straight onto a baking tray! Easy!
- STEP FIVENow, place the cookies onto a baking tray lined with baking paper (if you didn't roll your dough out on baking paper), sprinkle with some extra caster sugar and bake in the preheated oven for 10 mins. While your shortbread snowflakes are baking, you can make yourself an indulgent Baileys Festive Chocolate Cocktail!
Directions
- STEP ONEPreheat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400°F/Gas 6.
- STEP TWOPlace the sugar and the butter in a food processor and blitz until well combined. Add the flour and blitz again until it has a very fine breadcrumb texture.
- STEP THREETip your fine breadcrumb mixture into a mixing bowl, add the water and knead until you can form a ball. Now pop the dough in the fridge and let it rest for at least 2 hours.
- STEP FOURSprinkle flour onto a worktop or large cutting board and roll out the dough until it's about 1/4 to 1/2 cm thick. Use the snowflake cookie cutter to cut out your shortbread shapes. Top tip: if you roll out your dough on a piece of baking paper, you can gently cut out the snowflake shapes and lift off the excess dough - this leaves just the shortbread shapes, and you can lift the baking paper straight onto a baking tray! Easy!
- STEP FIVENow, place the cookies onto a baking tray lined with baking paper (if you didn't roll your dough out on baking paper), sprinkle with some extra caster sugar and bake in the preheated oven for 10 mins. While your shortbread snowflakes are baking, you can make yourself an indulgent Baileys Festive Chocolate Cocktail!
Enjoy your Snowflake Shortbread Biscuits
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