Vanilla Shortbread

Name: Vanilla Shortbread
Yield: Makes 60-100 Biscuits, Depending on size and Thickness
Ingredients: 300 g plain flour, plus more to dust; 100 g icing sugar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 250 g unsalted butter, softened and diced

Preparation info

Makes
60-100
Biscuits, Depending on size and Thickness

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Birthday Cake Book

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

About

Ingredients

300 g plain flour, plus more to dust
½ tsp salt
100 g

Vegetarian
Cookies
Birthday

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 160°C/340°F/gas mark 3½.

Sift the flour, salt and icing sugar into a bowl. Rub in the butter and vanilla extract with your fingers. Gently bring into a ball, wrap in cling film and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.

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