Another bake on my list of basics is shortbread. I decided
to make them a little more interesting by adding some chocolate chips.
Method
I used this recipe by Dr Oetker that used just butter, sugar,
flour and chocolate chips.
Results
This bake was a bit of a disaster from the very start. I
didn’t have enough plain flour so had to use half self-raising. Then my mixture
was VERY short. It was so crumbly that I gave up on ever being able to roll it
out and instead squished it into a square tin. I left it to firm up a bit in
the fridge before putting it in to bake. Because I had free styled it a bit with
the form (tin vs rounds) I had no idea how long it needed. I think I left it in
too long as the shortbread was looking on the brown side of golden when I took it out. The shortbread tasted ok, if a little over done but was very dry and
crumbly still. I didn’t really enjoy eating my biscuits.
Next time I’ll make sure I have all the ingredients before
setting off and I will make more effort to get a nice dough at the start.
Score: 3/10
Soundtrack: The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake
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