The last Mary Berry recipe I tried to bake on my own was Heavenly Chocolate Cake. On this day I looked at my nearly empty biscuit jar back then and I decided to make Mary Berry's Shorbread biscuits. Well Mary Berry does make her recipes difficult to do because she wrote them in a complicated way which is why every recipe should be written less complicated.
I measured the butter first, broke the chocolate, measured the water then melt in the microwave before doing the eggs and the rest of the ingredients.
Here's the recipe for...
Shortbread
Ingredients:
125g Plain flour
60g Ground rice or polenta
125g Butter
60g Sugar
Equipment:
Mixing bowl
Weighing scales
Rolling Pin
Rolling out mat
Flour shaker
Cutters
Baking trays and liners
Timer
Method:
Wash your hands.
Get out ingredients & equipment.
Turn the oven on to 160 degrees.
Step 1. Weigh the flour and put it in the mixing bowl.
Step 2. Weigh the ground rice or polenta and add it into the
mixing bowl.
Step 3. Set the timer for 2 minuets.
Step 4. Mix the flour and ground rice or polenta together.
Step 5. When the timer makes a noise weigh the butter and rub it in with your fingertips.
Step 6. Weigh the sugar.
Step 7. Set the timer for 1 minuet.
Step 8. Stir in the sugar.
Step 9. When the timer makes a noise knead the mixture until it forms a smooth ball.
DO NOT PUT THE DOUGH IN THE FRIDGE!!!
IT'LL GO HARD AND YOU'LL HAVE TO KNEAD IT AGAIN IN ORDER TO SOFTEN IT!!!
Step 10. Place the rolling out mat on the work surface counter and lightly sprinkle the flour with the flour shaker. Sprinkle flour onto the rolling pin.
Step 11. Place the dough on to rolling out mat on the work surface counter and lightly sprinkle the flour with the flour shaker. Sprinkle flour onto the rolling pin.
Step 12. Sprinkle flour onto the rolling pin.
Step 13. Roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin.
Step 14. Cut out and put the biscuits onto a baking tray.
Step 15. Gather up the dough.
Step 16. Re-roll and cut until all the dough has been used.
Step 17. Put the shortbread mixture into the oven.
Step 18. Set the timer for 30 minuets.
Step 19. Bake the shortbread for 30 minuets until golden.
Step 20. When the timer makes a noise turn off the oven and take the baked shortbread out.
Step 21. Place the shortbread onto a cooling tray.
Step 22. Wash the equipment you’ve used.
When I said "Don't put the dough in the fridge!!!" In Mary Berry's original recipe it said that you should put the dough in the fridge for 45 minuets. How wrong was she as it did go hard. You end up having to knead it till it's soft again.
