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Ingredients

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  • 50 g raw sugar, for sprinkling
  • 110 g raw sugar
  • 250 g Butter, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 300 g plain flour
  • extra flour
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Recipe's preparation

    Shortbread Stars

  1. Line two baking trays with baking paper.

  2. Place 50g sugar in TM bowl and turn into caster sugar (4-5 seconds/speed 10). Set aside for sprinkling later.

  3. Place 110g sugar in TM bowl and turn into caster sugar (4-5 seconds/speed 10). Add butter and vanilla (roughly cube with a butter knife as you put it into the bowl) and beat on 10-20 seconds/speed 4 or until pale and creamy. Use spatula to scrape down as necessary. Don’t overbeat – the mixture should look like a smooth paste rather than be light and fluffy like you would want it for making a cake.

  4. Add flour. Set lid to lid locked Closed lid and, using spatula through the hole in the lid to assist, knead 10-20 seconds or until just combined.

  5. Tip mixture out onto Thermomat (or clean dry surface) and knead lightly by hand until smooth. The dough will be very soft but shouldn't be sticky - knead in a little extra flour if required.

  6. Roll out dough to about 1cm thickness. To prevent dough from sticking to rolling pin, rub rolling pin with flour every so often. Use a star shaped cutter to cut out biscuits (5cm from point to point is a good size). Place stars on lined trays using a palette knife or thin metal spatula or similar to assist. Re-roll leftover dough and repeat.

  7. Sprinkle biscuits with caster sugar and place in fridge from 30 minutes to chill. Preheat oven to 160°C.

  8. Transfer shortbread from fridge to preheated oven. Bake 10-15 mins or until just browned. Depending on your oven, you might need to turn trays half way through so that the shortbread cooks evenly. Stand for 5 mins then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

  9. Package up all nice and pretty for gifts for friends and family!

    10. Variation - Shortbread Squares

  10. To save time, you can press dough into a lined 18x28cm tin and smooth with the back of a spoon instead of cutting out stars. Use a sharp knife to mark the dough into 4cm squares. Prick the surface with a fork and sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake in preheated oven at 150°C for 55 minutes or until light golden and cooked through. Cool in pan. Transfer the shortbread to a cutting board and cut into squares as marked. Makes 28.

    11. Variation - Shortbread Star Christmas Tree

  11. If you have star cutters of different sizes, you can make a shortbread star Christmas tree which makes a lovely table centre piece. Bake and stack from largest to smallest, offsetting the tips of the stars. You can stick them together with a little bit of icing in between each star and put an almond or something pretty at the top. Watch the cooking time if baking different sized stars at the same time - the smaller ones will cook quicker.

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Original recipe from 'Baking' by Anneka Manning. Adapted for Thermomix by Erica Noble.

 

This recipe was provided to you by a Thermomix ® customer and has not been tested by Vorwerk Thermomix ® or The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd.
Vorwerk Thermomix ® and The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd assume no liability, particularly in terms of ingredient quantities used and success of the recipes.
Please observe the safety instructions in the Thermomix ® instruction manual at all times.

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  • Fantastic easy perfect recipe. I made a tonne of...

    Submitted by ENJOMum on 30. December 2017 - 13:12.

    Fantastic easy perfect recipe. I made a tonne of biscuits as Christmas gifts and added some lemon rind just for an extra flavour

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  • Just made a double batch of these for a school...

    Submitted by Mchaggis on 8. November 2017 - 17:00.

    Just made a double batch of these for a school event - delicious!! Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  • Sooo good! I made these into love hearts for...

    Submitted by di_ana85 on 16. February 2017 - 18:53.

    Sooo good! I made these into love hearts for Valentines Day and they were delicious! I made them dairy free by using Nuttelex instead of butter

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  • Delicious. Thank you.

    Submitted by sher96 on 27. December 2016 - 10:10.

    Delicious. Thank you.

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  • These are sensational. Made

    Submitted by Hayley Kruger on 19. December 2014 - 12:54.

    These are sensational. Made them with the kids for their school party. They were devoured. We added royal icing to the top and glitter.

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  • Delicious shortbread, they

    Submitted by Melinda Hutchison on 15. December 2014 - 21:20.

    Delicious shortbread, they are making up part of the perfect teachers presents

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  • Sensational! Thanks for

    Submitted by Anne Hughes on 23. October 2014 - 13:44.

    Sensational! Thanks for sharing tmrc_emoticons.)

     

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  • Looking for a cookie that im

    Submitted by Itsnothere on 8. March 2014 - 21:03.

    Looking for a cookie that im able to cover with fondant - do you think thes. will be too crumbly? They look devine!

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  • Oh I love shortbread and

    Submitted by clairebear3 on 5. December 2013 - 13:21.

    Oh I love shortbread and these looked so pretty wrapped up for Chrissy pressies.

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  • These were so delicious. Love

    Submitted by jessclayden on 5. December 2013 - 13:17.

    These were so delicious. Love them!

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  • These biscuits are so

    Submitted by Thermomix in Australia on 5. December 2013 - 13:06.

    These biscuits are so beautiful!

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  • Loved these ! So did all our

    Submitted by Jarnz on 20. November 2013 - 18:56.

    Loved these ! So did all our teachers! 

     

    Thanks!

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  • Thanks, Arwen! Glad you

    Submitted by Erica Noble on 27. December 2012 - 14:16.

    Thanks, Arwen! Glad you enjoyed them. All of my family are rather partial to them too tmrc_emoticons.)

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  • These were delicious melt in

    Submitted by ArwensThermoPics on 24. December 2012 - 06:13.

    These were delicious melt in your mouth- thanks erica Big Smile

    Cooking from scratch  www.arwensthermopics.com

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