Serves:
Preparation time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
This isn’t just your typical store-bought shortbread at Christmas. Rachael brings us this lovely spiced shortbread, perfectly delectable with a hot drink on those cold Christmas nights!
1. Brown the butter – cook the butter over a medium heat until brown and smelling nutty. Leave until cold.
2. The butter will have lost a little weight in the browning process so top it back up to 100g with fresh cold butter.
3. Put butter, sugar and flour into a bowl and mix until breadcrumb consistency.
4. Add milk a tbsp at a time until it forms a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for an hour.
5. Roll out dough to 1cm thick and cut using different Christmas shapes.
6. Place dough shapes on a lined baking tray, prick with a fork and bake for 15 mins until slightly golden.
7. Mix the spice mix and remaining caster sugar and scatter over the shortbread and leave to cool.
For the shortbread:
For the festive spice mix:
