Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Scottish cookie Shortbread

Shortbread is a type of biscuit traditionally made from one part white sugar,two part butter and three part oatmeal.Shortbread is so named because of its crumbly texture.The cause of texture is its high fat content provided by the butter.source taken form here.
I prepared Shortbread for the first time with rice flour and plain flour.
While seraching for info on shortbread i came across this blog Cake batter and crumbs where Tracy shares recipe of Vanilla Bean Shortbread with Berries and cream,..do hop in at her space,its droolworthy:-)
Coming back to my recipe
source of recipe my baking book.
ingredient needed
150gm unsalted butter at room temperature
115gm caster sugar
150gm plain flour
65gm rice flour
1.5ml baking powder
1.5ml salt
procedure
step 1
preheat the oven to 16o degree C.
lightly grease a shallow round cake tin and keep aside
step 2
cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy,
sift over the flour,salt and baking powder.
step 3
press the mixture into the prepared tin,
smoothing the surface with the back of the spoon
prick all over with a fork 
and score into eight equal wedges.
step 4
bake until golden for 40 minutes
leave in the tin till cool enough to handle
unmould and recut the wedges while still hot
store in air tight container.
I enjoyed the cookies warm with butter and cheery preserve.
thats all frens,..ceeu guys soon,..;-)

30 comments:

Sharmila said...

Wow! You get the time for baking in these hectic days too! Great Priyanka! :-)

Unknown said...

must have tasted great with the preserve!!

Manju said...

looks great. Mustve been delicous with the butter and jam!

Deepthi Shankar said...

nice bread recipe .. looks awesome

Finla said...

I would also love to hav ethem with butter.
Yumm.

chef and her kitchen said...

That look really yummy..cherry preserve would hv made the taste even better..

Sukanya Yogesh said...

Looks yummy and am sure must have tasted great with the preserve.

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow yummylicious....

Doloncookbook said...

Looks delicious . Want to grab them all .
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Indian Khana said...

Looks yum..nice pics.....

Unknown said...

Just looks delicious.

Cilantro said...

Looks great with the preserve.

Shreya said...

looks grt! nothing like home made bread...

Cham said...

I prefer butter with those cookies :)

Yasmeen said...

Totally droolworthy indeed:)

Laavanya said...

I love buttery shortbread cookies - didn't know they had rice flour in them too.

Unknown said...

How can you manage all this in between shadi work oohh shortbread looks delicious with berry preservative yum yum yummy.

Nithya Praveen said...

Looks Great.....must have been wonderful too:)

Navita (Gupta) Hakim said...

Hey this ones' nice. I have the same print and color kitchen towel (in the background)...lol.

Nice place! :)

Priya Suresh said...

Looks delicious...i wonder! even with busy marriage schedule u are here with an amazing shortbread post..Great job Priyanka!!

Srivalli said...

hey priyanka thats a lovely one..good that you were able to make it...

sugar & spice said...

that looks nice :)

Purva Desai said...

I am a big fan of short breads.....they just melt in your mouth.....I am sure they must have tasted heaven with the jam

Unknown said...

Cookie looks crunchy n perfectly baked!

Soma said...

wow this looks amazing!
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Anonymous said...

Wow...the cookies look absolutely yummy! Must have been delicious with the preserve!

Vijitha said...

wow looks lovely!

Srikitchen said...

looks delicious!

Varsha Vipins said...

Oh..thats just amazing Priyanka..What a combo with that yummy preserve..:)

Malar Gandhi said...

That looks so lovely, please pass me the plate now.