Thanks TIA

cleo444 - 2012-04-26 19:34:00

excuse spelling recipe

cleo444 - 2012-04-26 19:35:00

This was my Mum's....rather delicious...Peheat oven to 150oC. Soften 350g butter. Add 170g icing sugar, 1/2tspn salt, 100g cornflour. The mixture should be quick stiff. I find it best to use my hands as the warmth helps to keep the mixture soft. When all mixed together, shape into the shape of a long square log. Cut in 15mm thick, prick with fork, place on oven tray and bake for 30 mins - or until the shortbread is slightly coloured. It is melt in the mouth lovlery....

elsielaurie1 - 2012-04-26 21:26:00

Great thanks

cleo444 - 2012-04-26 21:29:00

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elliehen - 2012-04-26 21:57:00

elsielaurie1 wrote:

This was my Mum's....rather delicious...Peheat oven to 150oC. Soften 350g butter. Add 170g icing sugar, 1/2tspn salt, 100g cornflour. The mixture should be quick stiff. I find it best to use my hands as the warmth helps to keep the mixture soft. When all mixed together, shape into the shape of a long square log. Cut in 15mm thick, prick with fork, place on oven tray and bake for 30 mins - or until the shortbread is slightly coloured. It is melt in the mouth lovlery....

Woops, woops, woops........500g flour I ommited......so sorry......

elsielaurie1 - 2012-04-27 08:57:00

connies shortbread this is the same as ours but with out the lemon the trick is to beat the sugr and butter like 15 minutes on electric beater and ive added cramberrys to the mixture its yummy.

hotstuff111 - 2012-04-27 18:51:00

This is a recipe from the Bero book (UK). My Grandmother used this recipe too.
6oz butter
3oz sugar
9oz plain flour

Mix all ingredients together until a firm paste. Roll out and cut into rounds or fingers, place on baking tray and prick with a fork and bake @ 160C for 12-15 minutes.

nauru - 2012-04-28 10:12:00

My friend Robyn gave me this shortbtread recipe, it's quick, easy and really delicious. Soften a pound of butter and beat with 1 cup caster sugar. Sift together 4 cups plain flour,1/2 cup rice flour,1/2 tsp mixed spice. Mix altogether. I roll in to two logs and chill to firm then slice logs and place each biscuit on baking paper allowing room to spread. You can also roll mixture out between two sheets of grease proof and use cookie cutters. Bake 20 mins or so ( till slightly golden ) 150 degrees in oven.

rayoz - 2012-04-28 19:26:00

Still like the old Edmonds original recipe, with the icing sugar. *mine is from the 1976 version*. Very creamy and buttery. Yum.

kinna54 - 2012-04-28 19:28:00

for shortbread lovers

bev00 - 2013-04-29 00:49:00

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cookessentials - 2013-04-29 06:25:00

some goodies for mothers day

bev00 - 2014-04-30 00:54:00

edmonds cook book

cats5 - 2014-04-30 09:28:00

Interesting how some of the recipes use flour, and some use cornflour.

dbab - 2014-04-30 16:39:00

great thread ..

bev00 - 2015-04-30 21:11:00

and again ..

bev00 - 2016-04-30 00:58:00

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bev00 - 2017-04-29 23:07:00

I love Connie's shortbread courtesy of elliehen
It's the only success I've had with shortbread, but maybe it's just me, my oven or whatever.
As an aside ...I made a batch & gave it to my mother at Christmas & I've just been to visit today & out came the last of that shortbread!
It had been in the freezer & out for a month so I was hesitant at trying it after so long but it was still good & crispy.
The original posting has been lost, along with all of elliehen's recipes, our loss.unfortunately ...but here it is again.

Connie's shortbread (old Scottish recipe)
8 oz butter
4 oz castor sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
10 oz flour
2 oz cornflour
Cream butter & sugar, add lemon juice. Sift & add flour/cornflour. Mix & then roll into 2 long logs.
Chill in fridge for 10 minutes.
Slice into rounds & place onto baking paper on a cold oven tray.
Bake for 5 minutes at 180 C then 10+ minutes at 150 C.
Watch closely ...as soon as they start to colour, whip them out ...don't let them brown.

samanya - 2017-04-30 17:07:00

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bev00 - 2018-04-30 00:14:00

I use custard powder to replace the cornflour content

lilyfield - 2018-04-30 08:31:00

I use roughly half and half flour and cornflour but also substitute some of th3 flour mix with semolina to make it extra crunchy

sarahb5 - 2018-05-01 21:43:00

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bev00 - 2019-04-29 22:30:00