Vanilla shortbread
by
- Petit four
- Easy
- 40
- 20 minutes
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Shortbread is a classic Scottish treat with a comforting buttery taste. This shortbread recipe from Adam Stokes is extra special as the biscuits are covered in cinnamon and flavoured with vanilla.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cinnamon stick
- 100g of caster sugar
- 2 vanilla pods
- 750g of flour
- 250g of icing sugar
- 5g of salt
- 500g of butter
- 40g of egg yolk
Equipment
- Blender
Method
1
Place the cinnamon stick in a food processor and grind into a fine powder. Add the caster sugar to the mixer and blend again
- 1/4 cinnamon stick
- 100g of caster sugar
2
Score down the vanilla pod and remove the seeds. Add both the pod and the seeds to the sugar mix and store until ready to use
- 2 vanilla pods
4
Preheat the oven to 180˚C. Cut the shortbread into 8cm by 3cm rectangular fingers and place in the oven. Cook until browned at the edges, or 10 minutes approximately
5
Remove the shortbread from the oven and allow to briefly cool on the cooling rack. Sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and serve
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