On Friday night I decided to keep out of his way and spend some quality time with the kitchen, to make some early Christmas biscuits. I took my favourite whipped shortbread recipe from my Baking Book, split the base mix and now have two new favourites!
Cherry topped Coconut shortbread
Makes 9
60g Plain flour
25g Unrefined icing sugar
75g butter
2 tbsp descicated coconut
2 glace cherries, diced up
1) Pre-heat the oven to 180 / 160 fan. Beat the icing sugar and butter until creamy and light
2) Beat in the flour and coconut, roll into walnut shell sized balls, place on a lined baking sheet, place a piece of cherry in the middle and flatten using the palm of your hand. These do spread out so allow room between them
3) Bake for approx 8 minutes or until they are just colouring at the bottom, allow to cool for 5 minutes on the tray and transfer carefully to a wire rack.
These are lovely, melt in your mouth biscuits but very fragile so package carefully!
I've also entered these this month over at foodblogga.blogspot.com/2008/11/eat-christmas-cookies-season-2. and mykitchentreasures.blogspot.com/2008/11/home-made-christmas-gifts. where you can check out lots of other lovely looking treats this Christmas!
Thankyou for sending this to my event they loook really yumm.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the book? I love shortbread!
ReplyDeleteHi Sam
ReplyDelete'Baking', published by Star Fire Books (unfortunately is out of print and try as I might cannot find any copies as have several people trying to steal it off me! The ISBN is 1-84451-313-0)
Tis an elusive but great book!
Anne your shortbread looks wonderful. I hope your partner feels better soon!
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These would be perfect for a cookie swap.
ReplyDeleteHi, Anne I know this is years after but hoping you would see this,it's about the baking book by star fire that you mentioned that you own. I have the same and I love it. But i have a problem with the page 244. It's the toffee walnut Swiss roll recipe. Does your edition has the number of eggs?
ReplyDeleteHi! sorry I had to dig out the book - I have checked and its missing the number of eggs too :(
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