Shortbread
This smooth-textured, buttery shortbread is a New Zealand specialty that keeps well and makes a lovely gift.
2 hours
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This smooth-textured, buttery shortbread is a New Zealand specialty that keeps well and makes a lovely gift.
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Good recipie, mixing a tablespoon of Greek yogurt into the milk makes it light and fluffy, Edmonds recipes have been used for generation's in our family. Reliable and yummy!
Easy and delicious!
Reading the bad reviews and can't help think it is the bakers problem. Been making this recipe for 40 years without an issue. Yes the mixture is short - but that's what makes it SHORT bread! If you use bad ingredients ie Australian butter or the wrong flour then yes you are going to have problems. Before posting reviews about how bad a baker you are - perhaps take a look at what you are using or how you are making it first
Have just made this shortbread. It is so......good. very popular in our household. Easy to make. I sprinkled raw sugar on top before cooking.
I have made this shortbread for years and years as did my mother before me and it always turns out brilliantly. I can't understand why some people have such a hard time making this simple recipe. Perhaps they have not had the butter soft enough, or have not used a proper measuring cup for the flour. My mum said the kneading of the mixture is all important before cutting it into the desired shape.
Perfect as always - I make up batches n freeze them for later . Trick is in the kneading - must knead them well.
First time making this recipe after craving my grandmas shortbread cookies, wish I’d read the reviews first saying how crumbly the dough can be.
Couldn’t work with it at all, added some warm water after panic googling how to fix which helped but they tasted like flour and not a lot else. Would make again but with maybe 1 1/2cups of flour instead of two. Also baked for longer, closer to 45 minutes as after 30 they were still very pale. Would make again but with changes to the recipe.
My mum used to cook shortbread all the time out of this book. Turned out really yummy
I love Edmonds cook book, I got given one to me written in te reo Maori. I can read it and understand it but I still need the English translation.
Really disappointing. Like some of the comments below, the amount of butter at 250gm is insufficient. So I added another 50gm right at the end. As someone below suggested. They taste good and look good but could have done without the fiddling around to get them right.
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