Shortbread

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    271

Traditional shortbread, short and sweet.

recipe updated Nov 5, 2025

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    225 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    110 g
  • Cornflour icon
    Cornflour
    110 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    225 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    2 tablespoons
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    2 teaspoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon Prospero
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
  2. Attach K Beater
  3. Add butter and caster sugar to the Kenwood bowl
  4. Mix with splashguard fitted until smooth - 2 min, Speed 4
  5. Then add cornflour and all purpose flour to the Kenwood bowl
  6. Mix with splashguard fitted until combined - 2 min, Speed 2
  7. Then add water to the Kenwood bowl
  8. Mix with splashguard fitted - 2 min, Speed Max
  9. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface
  10. Roll out until 1 cm thick
  11. Cut into rectangles
  12. Prick an indentation
  13. Transfer biscuits to baking tray
  14. Sprinkle with caster sugar
  15. Chill in fridge - 30 min
  16. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  17. Bake until light golden - 13 min, 180°C
  18. Transfer onto cooling rack and let cool
  19. Serve
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