Shortbread cookies recipe

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Shortbread or “pasta frolla” is a basic buttery and mildly sweet dough extremely versatile and easy to prepare. I love adding some orange zest, orange extract and vanilla extract to give a scented delicate taste. My kids love the easiest recipe: thick 1/2 inch small cookies, bite size, perfect with milk for a lovely breakfast. • But you can use shortbread to prepare fancy cookies, pies, crostata. • INGREDIENTS: • 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour • 18 Tbsp butter • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar • 4 eggs • pinch of salt • 1 Tbsp orange zest • 1 tsp orange extract • 1 tsp vanilla extract • • PROCEDURE: • Sift the flour • In a food processor add the flour, a pinch of salt and the COLD butter cut in cubes. It is very important to use cold butter, not room temperature. • Let the food processor work for 2/3 minutes. The butter will partially mix with the flour forming a so called “wet sand” consistency. • This is a very important phase to give the cookies a final lovely grainy texture. • transfer the buttery flour mix in a big bowl and add the orange zest, the orange extract, the vanilla extract, the egg yolks and the powdered sugar (sifted) start mixing using a fork and when the yolks will be nicely mixed keep working the mix with your hands. • The warmth of your hands will slowly melt the butter in the mix so that the dough will nicely come together. • transfer the dough on a flat surface and keep kneading it with your hands in order to obtain a uniform, elastic dough • wrap the dough in some parchment paper and store it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to get cold and firm • unwrap the dough and using a second foil of parchment paper on top roll the dough with a rolling pin and flatten it into a 1/2 inch layer • have fun using any cookie cutter shape that you like. • bake the cookies in the preheated oven at 400F/200C for 10 minutes. • Check out the full recipe and printable ingredients on my blog: • http://www.buonapappa.net/shortbread-... • Let’s be in touch: • My blog: http://buonapappa.net • Facebook Page: / 107850219338694 • Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/1060640... • Instagram: / buonapappa • Bloglovin’: https://www.bloglovin.com/buonapappa • • See you next Thursday with a new video!! ciao!

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