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Crumbly shortbread biscuits recipe

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Crumbly shortbread biscuits recipe

Preparation:

  1. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and work the mixture with your hands until you have a smooth, pliable dough. Depending on the type of flour you use, you may have to add a little more to absorb any excess moisture.

    The mixture of Crumbly shortbread biscuits

  2. The dough is ready to use when it no longer sticks to your hands. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave to rest for a couple of hours.

    Dough for Crumbly shortbread biscuits

  3. Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and, using a rolling pin, roll it to a thickness of around 1 cm. Choose some Christmas-themed cookie cutters and get cutting!

    Thickness of Crumbly shortbread biscuits

  4. Arrange the shortbreads on an oven tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180ºC for 25 minutes.

    Starts of Crumbly shortbread biscuits

  5. Once cooked and before they get cold, cover them in caster sugar.

    Lardy cakes

  • Alternatively you can sprinkle them with icing sugar and cocoa powder.

    Lardy cakes with icing sugar

 

This is a really delicious treat that will really top off your celebratory lunch or dinner this Christmas.

 

60 min
Medium

Ingredients

  • 200ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain
  • 375g wheat flour
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 125g dessert wine
  • 1 pinch salt
  • Grated zest of 1 orange
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon aniseed seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon sesame seeds

 

Nº de raciones: 20

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