Catherine Brown

Balmoral Shortbread

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    25-30

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Classic Scots Cookery
Classic Scots Cookery

By Catherine Brown

Published 2003

  • About

Queen Victoria is said to have enjoyed this elegant shortbread biscuit regularly with her afternoon tea.

Ingredients

  • 375 g (13 oz) plain flour
  • 125 g (4½

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas 4.

Grease baking trays.

Mixing (traditional method) and Shaping

Sift the flour onto the work surface. Put the sugar in a separate pile. Knead the butter into the sugar with both hands. When the su