Home made shortbread – worth the trouble?

[JackiePlace]

Just that, really. I am making a homemade cookie/biscuit selection for gifts and am wondering whether to include shortbread. I've never made it so I'm wondering, is the homemade version any better than standard supermarket shortbread fingers?
I am talking about plain shortbread rather than anything with fancy flavours/additions.
What do you think?

Oh yes. Get a good recipe. Definitely better than shopbought!

It's one of the easiest things you can make. Use the 1-2-3 method.

It’s so easy, and delicious

Definitely! It's ridiculously easy to make and so tasty. Use real butter.

About five times the price though

225g plain flour
110g cornflour
110g icing sugar
225g unsalted butter
put all the ingredients into your mixer . Put on a slow speed and mix till the dough comes together. Then raise the speed a little till you have a smooth dough. Roll out into 2 circles about 2 cm thick . Mark round the edges with a fork and prick the top all over. Rest in a cool place for an hour . Mark into triangles.
Cook at 150 fan for45-50 minutes. ( until you think they are ready - I prefer crisp shortbread to pale softer stuff)
Dust with sugar when it comes out the oven
Easy and delicious. Much nicer than shop bought

i think its worth it,
so tasty

I make it all the time. Super Easy.

50g sugar
100g butter
150g plain flour

Just double, triple as needed.

Make the dough, roll into little balls with your hands, press down gently with a fork. Bake on 180 until just starting to golden sprinkle a little extra sugar over the top while hot.

I don't bother with rolling out, cookie cutters etc. Hand rolled is perfectly fine and much easier.

Easy and lovely. I add marigold petals when Im making it in summer. So pretty

Yes it is nicer and worth the effort.
However, there are some right weirdos out there who thing anything hand made is unhygienic, full of bodily secretions and cat hair. They will thank you kindly and then bin it, they may even send you 27 messages to say how lovely it was.
Be careful who you gift your lovely shortbread to.

Definitely worth it.
I put a small amount of rice flour in for extra shortness.

Yes!

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Thank you all! I thought that with such basic ingredients it surely can't be any different, but you have convinced me. I will try your recipe @RunnerDown. And don't worry @AdventFridgeOfShame this is only going to a very select few (who already eat my baked goods). 😍

Hope it works out . The cornflour/ icing sugar makes it very short. Should have said mix on a slow speed until it just comes together. When I take it out the mixer it’s still very crumbly and I work it as little as possible.
Good Scottish recipe from a previous”baker” at 1 Devonshire Gardens ( a very posh hotel in Glasgow)

Yes, much nicer
I think years ago a recipe had a bit of semolina in it too for extra crunchyness.

Definately no sultanas,raisins,caramel or chocolate chips <shudders>

Sultanas in shortbread!? It's an abomination!

I confess to being one of these unless I'm confident in their kitchen hygiene

I love shortcake - but let’s face it, statistically there will inevitably some pet-loving unhygienic types that let their cat lick its arsehole on the same kitchen surfaces they make your ‘delicious’ shortcake. You can never know with homemade stuff. Better to keep and eat your own shortcake and try not to be frugal with gifting. Always better to put some thought and money into it and buy something from a shop.