Vanilla shortbread thins: a recipe from Laura's London
These shortbread thins are a perfect afternoon snack, are super easy to make and the dough can be made way in advance for an easy, stress-free bake!
Ingredients (makes 16 Biscuits)
- 325 Organic Plain Flour
- 20g Chilled Salted Butter
- 125g Golden Organic Caster Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Paste
- 2 Large Organic Eggs
- Icing Sugar to Dust
- Flour to roll
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Method
Preheat the oven to fan 160C/conventional 180C/ gas 3
Add the flour, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla paste to a bowl and mix thoroughly until a dough is formed.
With your hands knead the dough for around a minute on a lightly floured surface, then wrap in clingfilm and leave to chill for at least one hour.
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Once chilled, using a rolling pin, roll out the dough until it is around a pound coin thick.
Use a circular cookie cutter to cut out the dough (I use a cutter with a diameter of around 3 inches) and arrange onto a greased baking sheet, spacing slightly apart so they have room to grow whilst baking.
Bake for 20 minutes until the biscuits are just turning pale gold around the edges then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Once cool dust with icing sugar - Delicious!
Laura Timson is the founder of online artisan bakery Laura's London. Follow her on Instagram @lauras_london