Quick recipe
This buttery 3-ingredient shortbread is the perfect afternoon snack
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Are you looking for a pastry recipe that is easy and, above all, quick? This buttery 3-ingredient shortbread is the solution!
Sometimes we just need a sweet snack in the afternoon. Or someone has spontaneously announced a visitor – and unfortunately we don’t have anything tasty in the house that we can offer. For both cases we have a simple but really delicious solution. Because this shortbread recipe is child’s play and, above all, extremely quick. It goes in the oven after just ten minutes of prep time! And the best thing: you only need three to make the pastry Ingredients.
Juicy shortbread: The Scots’ favorite pastry
Shortbread is a British shortbread pastry, more precisely it comes from Scotland. A French baker at the court of Mary Stuart (1542 to 1587) is said to have invented the moist butter biscuits in their current form. Queen Mary is said to have immediately fallen in love with the delicious pastry and thus triggered a real shortbread hype in Great Britain.
However, the buttery cookies were quite expensive for the population at the time due to their ingredients. They were therefore usually only available on special occasions. The British especially enjoy the biscuits with tea – even today.
3-Ingredient Shortbread: This is what you need
- 120 g butter (still firm, but not hard)
- 60g sugar
- 240g flour
Instructions: This is how you make delicious shortbread
- First preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
- Next, mix the butter and sugar with a dough hook for about five minutes. A creamy mass should emerge.
- Then gradually mix in the flour until the dough is smooth.
- Now spread the dough evenly into a flat baking pan and poke holes in the surface. The baking pan should not be greased.
- Bake the shortbread in the oven for about 30 minutes, until light brown.
- Cut the finished pastry into rectangles while it is still warm. Then let it cool completely.
Now the visit can come, bon appetit!
Sources used: tasteofhome.com, simplybacken.de, en.wikipedia.org