Shortbread

Votes: 5

Time: 35 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 8

The first recipe for shortbread appears in a 16th-century English cookbook. This dessert is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs. The dry ingredients are mixed together and then chopped with butter until the mixture resembles cornmeal. Then the wet ingredients are added, and the mixture is spread on a baking sheet and baked. In this recipe, the dough is sprinkled with sugar, and the finished shortbread is served with berries, ice cream, or whipped cream.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

2 cups of flour
4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp (30 g) butter
2 tbsp. confectionery fat (margarine)
3/4 cup drinking cream 10%
Melted butter, for greasing the cakes
Berries
Ice cream or whipped cream

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Preheat oven to 230°C.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut the butter and shortening into the flour mixture. Stir in the cream. Spoon the mixture onto a baking sheet. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool and serve with berries, ice cream, and/or whipped cream.

Categories:

recipe / Desserts / Cookie / Cakes / / American cuisine / European cuisine / English cuisine / Alton Brown

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