yummy shortbread..................

I seem to have fallen in love with shortbread and it's so easy to make. I think I had just forgotten about shortbread. As you know I love to bake and always have full cake tins and recently I have been baking for my crochet workshops - if that makes sense. We do crochet at the workshops but it's nice to have a cake and coffee break. I wanted to make a simple bake for people who didn't want richer cakes like cupcakes or chocolate cake. I stumbled upon this really easy shortbread recipe on bbc.co.uk/food.

For the plain shortbread you only need 3 ingredients, flour, butter and sugar.

125g/4oz butter

55g/2oz caster sugar, plus extra to finish

180g/6oz plain flour

1.Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.

2.Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth.

3.Stir in the flour and mix until you get a smooth ball. Turn on to a work surface and

gently roll out until it is 1cm/½in thick.

4.Cut into shapes or fingers and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with

caster sugar and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

5.Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set

aside to cool on a wire rack.

Makes 16 -20 shortbread

My first batch I kept plain and they were yummy - although I did pipe a few dots of icing on some of the hearts.

 I made some more yesterday and worked some chocolate chips into the mixture before rolling out.

they worked out really well - I might add lemon zest next time or maybe some dried fruit. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

talk soon x