Orange, Cranberry and Almond Shortbread Biscuits

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    381
based on 8 ratings

Light and buttery shortbread biscuits with cranberry, orange and a hint of almond. We have used fresh cranberries however you could use dried cranberries, or you could try using dried sour cherries. Prepare them by roughly chopping some and halving the rest of them.

recipe updated Oct 18, 2023

Ingredients

  • Cranberries icon
    Cranberries
    100 g
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1 ½
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    225 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    240 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    100 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    ½ teaspoon
  • Almond extract icon
    Almond extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface
  • kCook icon Cooling rack

Step preview

  1. Grease and line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
  2. Attach Creaming beater
  3. Add unsalted butter, caster sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, salt and orange to the Kenwood Bowl
  4. Mix with splashguard fitted until well combined then scrape bowl - 3 min, Speed 3
  5. Mix with splashguard fitted until smooth - 2 min, Speed 3
  6. Then add all purpose flour to the Kenwood Bowl
  7. Mix with splashguard fitted until combined - 30 sec, Speed Min
  8. Then add cranberries to the Kenwood Bowl
  9. Mix with splashguard fitted until just combined - 15 sec, Speed Min
  10. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface
  11. Form into a log
  12. Wrap with plastic wrap
  13. Chill in fridge
  14. Pre-heat oven - 160°C
  15. Retrieve the dough from the fridge and remove the plastic wrap
  16. Slice into rounds
  17. Transfer shaped dough to baking tray
  18. Sprinkle with orange
  19. Bake - 18 min, 160°C
  20. Remove from oven and let cool
  21. Transfer cookies to cooling rack and let cool
  22. Serve
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