A summery bake from me today that I baked last week, summer glazed shortbread – nectarine shortbread topped with glazed icing and pieces of freeze dried raspberry.
Ingredients used:
50g caster sugar
100g butter
160g plain flour
1 nectarine
…and for the topping
Sainsbury’s freeze dried raspberry pieces
Icing sugar
I started off by mixing the sugar and butter together, I then added 130g of the flour. I decided this time to add the flour in two parts rather than end up having to add extra in anyway after adding the fruit to the mixture.
Once I’d mixed the first lot of flour in, I cut the nectarine up and liquidised it, then I added this to the mixture and added the rest of the flour.
When it was all mixed together I picked up handfuls of mixture and made them into flat circular shapes with my hands and put them on greaseproof paper on a baking tray. I used a fork to make holes in each one at this point as well.
I preheated the oven to 190c and baked them for around 15 minutes, until they started browning slightly.
Once they had cooled I mixed up some icing using icing sugar and water and with a spoon I added it onto each biscuit, I then put a handful of the raspberry pieces onto each one… and that’s them finished and ready to eat (well, once the icing has set!) I really liked how these turned out, I especially liked the crackled effect the icing gave them when you went to break them to eat them after they’d set.
What do you guys think?
Those look tasty.. My daughter will love this.. she’s learning how to cook..
Aww that’s great she’s learning how to cook, thanks Jaleysa. x
Oh my goodness, these are the infamous shortbread you spoke about! They look absolutely delicious, I will have to make some!
They are the very ones! Thanks Imogen. x
Delicious! I haven’t done any baking in ages and this has really inspired me! Always nice to have a homemade treat, especially on a rainy day! x
Thanks Laura, great to hear it’s inspired you, baking is great fun! x
Wow, these look great and easy to make. I will have to give them a try. Can never have enough cookie recipes.
Enjoy baking if you do give it a try, thanks Sarah. x
I love making shortbread so will have to try this recipe out! Thanks for sharing.
If I’m being honest, shortbread is really the only biscuit I bake! Thanks Jo. 🙂
They look so good! I am so adding this to my recipe box! Hubby will love it! Awesome photos ?
Ooh brilliant, thanks Kari!