Easy Buttery Shortbread Biscuits
These lovely cookies, are very quick to make, very easy to do, and are so delicious you will have to be careful how many you eat
Ingredients
- 6 oz all-purpose flour
- 2 oz unsalted butter - cut into small pieces
- 2 oz sugar
- 2 oz currants or raisins or chocolate chips
- 1 egg
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Sieve the flour into a large bowl and rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the sugar, salt, cinnamon, and currants or raisins.
- Add the egg and mix into the dough until it is smooth.
- Place the dough in the refrigerator for about 1 hour to rest.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured board until it is about ⅛ inch thick.
- Take small pieces of dough and form into a small ball (about the size of an egg) and then flatten slightly with your hand.
- Brush lightly with a little milk or egg.
- Score the tops with a knife or a fork and sprinkle a few currants or chocolate chips, on the center of each biscuit.
- Bake in a hot oven for about 8 minutes or until they are golden brown.
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