Makes 24 pieces. Traditional shortbread has a very high proportion of butter to flour, and only a little sugar and salt to round out the list of ingredients.

I baked the shortbread in a 350-degree oven for about 18 minutes, just until the edges started to brown and the center turned a light pale golden color. I set it on a rack to cool and moved on to ...

Irish Shortbread Cookies. Getty. Crumbly, buttery shortbread cookies go great with a cup of tea or a bunch of St. Paddy's day celebrators. Try this recipe is from Gav's Kitchen for a melt-in-your ...

Irish Butter Shortbread. 2 cups all-purpose flour. 1 cup Irish butter, softened. 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar. 1 tablespoon granulated sugar. 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt.

Irish shortbread has a different ratio of butter to sugar, and also replaces some flour with a bit of cornstarch to make a denser cookie. tasha_lyubina / iStock.

Irish shortbread Christmas tree cookies. Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 40 mins. Serves: 20. Ingredients. For the cookies: - 1½ cups (12oz, 345g) butter, at room temperature ...

Press the shortbread to ½cm thickness into the baking tray. 4. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 mins or until firm to the touch and light golden (without it browning around the edges).

For the shortbread: 1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees, or 170 if using a fan oven. Grease and line a 20 x 20cm square baking tin with parchment paper, ensuring there are a few centimetres of ...

Rachel Gaffney bristles at stereotypes of Irish cooking. "A lot of people think that it's corned beef and cabbage, potatoes and beer," says the Dallas resident and native of Cork, Ireland. Gaffney ...