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How to make shortbread
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How to make shortbread

4 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Makes about 18 biscuits openrecipes

Shortbread biscuits fill the kitchen with a wonderful buttery freshly-baked smell. So simple and easy to flavour with your own choice of vanilla, lemon zest or even lavender. Kids will love making them too.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

618
Calories
13g
Protein
13g
Fat
108g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200g/7oz unsalted butter
  • 100g/3½oz sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 300g/10½oz plain flour

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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