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 flour18 Tbsp butter1 1/2 cup powdered sugar4 eggspinch of salt1 Tbsp orange zest1 tsp orange extract1 tsp vanilla extractPROCEDURE:- 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-cookies/Let’s be in touch:My blog: http://buonapappa.netFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BuonaPappa/107850219338694Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106064003575354848706/106064003575354848706/postsInstagram: http://instagram.com/buonapappaBloglovin’: https://www.bloglovin.com/buonapappaSee you next Thursday with a new video!! ciao!
