I am looking for a great really buttery shortbread recipe. A neighbor who has since passed away gave us some fantastic shortbread one year (the best i have ever had) unfortuenetly i never got to ask her for her recipe it was so light and buttery and rich . Would love to find something like it .
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8.75 ounces (1 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour
1.25 ounces (1/4 cup) rice flour
5 ounces (about 2/3 cup) extra fine sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
Preheat your oven to 425. Combine the flour(s), sugar and salt in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Stir on low to blend. Turn the mixer up to medium speed and add the cold butter. Beat 2-3 minutes until the butter is fully incorporated and a dough comes together. It will range in texture from crumbly to smooth depending on your flour and the ambient temperature.
Shape into classic “petticoat tails” by lining a 9″ cake layer pan with a round of parchment or waxed paper, laying in the dough, covering it with another round of waxed paper, and pressing down on it with a second layer pan. Refrigerated the dough 30 minutes to firm it. Loosen the edges of the dough with a short knife, peel off the top layer of waxed paper, and turn the round out onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Peel off the second piece of waxed paper.
Put the round into the oven and immediately turn the heat down to 300. Bake 20 minutes, then remove the round from the oven. Insert a 2″ round cutter in the very center of the round (this will be removed later). Score the shortbread with a sharp knife, like spokes on a wheel, into 16 pieces. Use a cake tester or wooden skewer to poke regular holes in the shortbread (the holes are part decorative, part functional, as they allow gas and steam to escape, keeping the shortbread dense).
Return the shortbread to the oven and bake an additional 40 minutes until only very lightly browned. Remove from the oven and sprinkle on additional sugar. Cool 10 minutes then remove the round cutter (saving the cookie at the center for yourself) and slice the shortbread along the scores into blunt pie-shaped pieces. Cool completely, a minimum of 3 hours.
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Originally posted by shirleyknot View PostI love shortbread. Thanks! Now if I could just get one for those almond windmill cookies I can never find any more......Posted by request. This recipe was originally printed in the Milwaukee Journal. Time does not include chilling time. Also, I would suggest reading kb
"A friend gave me this great cookie recipe from the Netherlands," writes Marie Rizzio of Traverse City, Michigan. "The dough can be made ahead and frozen."
These two recipes are very similar. Walmart usually has the Dutch Maid windmill cookiesK is for Karen 😊​ Albuquerque, NM..................
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Originally posted by K. McEuen View Posthttp://www.food.com/recipe/windmill-cookies-92620
"A friend gave me this great cookie recipe from the Netherlands," writes Marie Rizzio of Traverse City, Michigan. "The dough can be made ahead and frozen."
These two recipes are very similar. Walmart usually has the Dutch Maid windmill cookies
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Originally posted by shirleyknot View PostOur WM hasn't had them for a very long time.K is for Karen 😊​ Albuquerque, NM..................
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Ina Garten had the best rated shortbread
I loved the windmill cookies too. Here's a cutter if you decide to make your own
Classic Windmill Cookie Cutter and Stamp. This 3d printed plastic cutter makes the shape of a classic windmill. Set includes 1 cutter and stamp.
Someone wanted $26 for a 9oz box. Way to gouge.🌺 Lorie
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Hulamoon,
What do you think of this recipe for shortbread. It came from Pinterest.
2C salted butter
? brown sugar not positive but I think it was close to 2C
4 1/2C
Cream butter & sugar
Mix in flour as much as possible then stir in remainder
Form a disc
Wrap in saran wrap
Chill
Roll out to 1/2" thick
Cut Bake temp ??
Just wondering, sounds good, but 1# of butter, and all that flour. What do you think KathyAll quilts cat tested and approved.
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Originally posted by mischiefkat View PostHulamoon,
What do you think of this recipe for shortbread. It came from Pinterest.
2C salted butter
? brown sugar not positive but I think it was close to 2C
4 1/2C
Cream butter & sugar
Mix in flour as much as possible then stir in remainder
Form a disc
Wrap in saran wrap
Chill
Roll out to 1/2" thick
Cut Bake temp ??
Just wondering, sounds good, but 1# of butter, and all that flour. What do you think Kathy
Easy 3 ingredient shortbread cookies recipe made with butter, sugar, and flour (plus salt). This traditional recipe is pressed in a pan + cut into bars
Plus brown sugar is more wet and that might change the out come too. I don't bake much any more but when I do I cut the recipe in half to test it. Today I'm making cornmeal cookies. It has no baking powder or soda in it.lol
🌺 Lorie
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