Shortbread biscuits taste so delicious and are also easy to bake. Here you will find delicious recipes and helpful tips for Christmas cookies!
Basic recipe for shortbread cookies
Who doesn't still know the delicious shortbread biscuits that Grandma always had? You can also easily make these delicious cookies yourself! Shortbread biscuits are usually made from shortcrust pastry. The dough for shortcrust biscuits of any kind is easy to prepare. The ingredients are simply mixed together.
You need the following ingredients for grandma’s shortbread cookies:
- 1 part sugar
- 2 parts butter
- and 3 parts of flour
This is how easy it is to prepare shortbread cookies:
- First the butter and sugar are whipped until frothy. You can also stir in egg yolks, which serve as an emulsifier.
- Then the flour is mixed in.
- If you like, the recipe can be seasoned with lemon juice, vanilla sugar, almonds and spices.
tip: Various other flavors such as coffee, cocoa or orange also make the basic recipe taste even better! So you can conjure up many different Christmas cookies.
Which attachment for shortbread cookies?
There are several attachments for the piping bag. So is the typical one, for example Star tower responsible for the corrugated surface shape of the cookies. This can be used to create fantasy shapes and circles or letters like S, I and C.
With the Perforated nozzle however, you can easily put dots on the baking sheet.
Tip: Who one meat grinder at home can also use this instead of the piping bag. There are matching attachments for the meat grinder that can also be used for shortbread biscuits.
Shortbread biscuits: this is how it definitely works!
If you make a shortcrust pastry for the shortbread cookies, it is important to process the ingredients well chilled and quickly. Otherwise, heat or long kneading will make the dough tough, as the gluten structure of the flour forms. The dough should be nice and crumbly, i.e. soft, so quick processing is essential. It is therefore advisable to mix the shortcrust pastry with the whisk of the hand mixer instead of with your hands. It is enough to knead it briefly with your hands at the end.
Tip: In order to easily fill the pastry into the piping bag, it is simply placed in a tall container – so you have both hands free for filling. Simply turn over the edges and it is stable.
Give away shortbread cookies
As a gift, let the cookies cool down after baking. You can then use melted chocolate dipped and with hooked pistachios or almonds be garnished.
Also Sprinkles and Cocoa nibs do really well on pastries. At the end, the cookies are put into a pretty box and are guaranteed to surprise the recipient!
Our favorite recipes for shortbread cookies
Classic shortbread biscuits
With the simple shortcrust pastry recipe with vanilla sugar and lemon juice, this shortbread cookie is made in no time at all. A delicious chocolate and pistachio glaze is a worthy finish to this favorite recipe.
Xmas cookie
This cookie recipe is so beautifully simple: Mix the butter (or margarine) with the egg, powdered sugar and flour, mix in the lemon zest for a light citrus taste. Then large dots are sprayed between which the wonderful chocolate filling comes at the end.
Cinnamon rolls with chocolate
Cinnamon is simply part of Christmas – the combination of shortbread biscuits, cinnamon and chocolate promises absolute pleasure. How good that the pastries last 3-4 weeks, so we can nibble on them for a long time!
almond croissant
A dough made of marzipan covered with almond flakes and glaze – that can only be delicious! The best thing to do is to bake twice as much, because they are really popular as a souvenir with your Sunday coffee! Here you will find more delicious marzipan cookies.
Mocha meringue dots
These cookies are delicious meringue dots made from egg whites with a mocha flavor. After drying in the oven, they are dipped in chocolate coating. Yummie!
Do you want to continue baking?
If the Christmas baking is already in full swing, we would also have more ideas for your cookie plate: Here you will find more simple cookies and here we have even more ideas for Christmas cookies.
Video tip: Bake shortbread cookies – this is how it works!
In the video you will learn step by step how to prepare shortbread cookies in an uncomplicated and reliable way.