Heart Shaped Shortbread

Heart Shaped Shortbread

We celebrated Burns night at a friend’s house recently and my contribution was a rather boozy Raspberry Cranachan.  I was uncertain how many guests were invited and whether there would be enough Cranachan to go around.  Rather than risk anyone going short, I took along a batch of these delicious, sugar crusted, buttery, heart shaped shortbread!

Heart Shaped Shortbread

I searched online for a quick and easy shortbread recipe and found this classic recipe by BBC Good food.  The only change I made was shaping them into heart shapes instead of fingers.  These sweet, buttery, biscuits paired beautifully with the creamy, boozy Raspberry Cranachan (pictured below).

The heart shape gives them an extra special touch, which, not only makes them a perfect accompaniment to a Burns night dessert, such as Raspberry Cranachan, but also turns them into the perfect Valentine’s day treat or gift.  Their cuteness will melt your sweet heart!

Shortbread must be one of the easiest biscuits recipes you can make and this is such a straightforward and simple one.

Just 3 Ingredients:

• butter
• caster sugar, plus extra to finish
• plain flour

Heart Shaped Shortbread

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Heart Shaped Shortbread

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

These shortbreads must be one of the easiest buttery biscuits you can make and are a perfect Valentine's day gift.  

Course: Baking

Cuisine: British

Servings: 24 approx

Calories: 73 kcal

Author: Gillian Thompson

Ingredients

• 125 g (4 oz) butter
• 55 g (2 oz) cater sugar plus extra to sprinkle
• 180 g (6.35 oz) plain flour

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.

   
   

2. Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth.

   
   

3. Stir in the flour to get a smooth dough. Turn onto a work surface and gently roll out until the dough is 1cm to ½in thick.

   
   

4. Cut into hearts, fingers or any shape you like and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with caster sugar and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

   
   

5. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool on a wire rack.

Recipe Notes

For extra decadence BBC good food suggest working some chocolate chips worked into the dough. Sounds delicious!

Nutrition Facts

Heart Shaped Shortbread

Amount Per Serving (15 g)

Calories 73 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Fat 4g6%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 5mg2%

Sodium 2mg0%

Carbohydrates 8g3%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 200IU4%

Iron 0.5mg3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.