Shortbred is a tender and crumbly butter cookie that melts in the mouth and gives real pleasure to its refreshing citrus tasteful. Instead of traditionally flavored lemon shortbread cookies, add zest of tangerines to the dough or clementines, their taste will be more interesting and sound a little sweeter in pastries. A must-have ingredient in melting shortbread cookies is corn starch, which gives it a special texture. Mix it with flour, butter, sugar and zest and bake large shortbread cake, which is then cut into bars and serve to вечерней чашечке чая. 
AT ремя: 1hour. 45 minutes Difficulty: easy Amount: 32 cookies in recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 3 clementines or small tangerines
- 3/4 Art. Sahara
- 3 tbsp. premium flour
- 6 tbsp. l corn starch
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 350 gr softened butter
Recipes with similar ingredients: Premium Flour, Orange zest, starch
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 160 ° C. Butter the mold measuring 22 x 30 x 1 cm., cover with parchment paper and grease oil on paper.
- Finely grate the peel (zest) of all 3 tangerines, removing only orange peel, not bitter white flesh. Grind the zest with 1/4 Art. sugar in a food processor for 1 to 2 minutes.
- In a bowl, whisk flour, corn starch, and salt. Вwhisk the bowl of the stationary mixer with the spatula nozzle on the middle speed butter with the remaining 0.5 tbsp. sugar to light and lush mass, about 8 minutes. Add a mixture of sugar and zest and beat another minute. When the mixer is operating at low speed add dry ingredients and mix until smooth. Do not beat the dough.
- Transfer the dough into the prepared form, distributing it as can be more even. Cover with cling film, then squeeze and smooth on top with your hands. With a sharp knife, cut the dough into a mold on bars approximately 2 x 7 cm in size. Dough with a fork or wooden skewer forming a decorative pattern.
- Bake until golden brown for about 1 hour 10-20 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes and then cut the bars along again. previously made cuts. Cool completely on a wire rack. Keep cookies in a tightly closed container for 2 weeks.
