Best 5 Saffron Shortbread Recipes

SAFFRON SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Place saffron in a small bowl; add hot water and let stand 20 minutes. Brush an 8-inch round cake pan with butter. In a bowl, beat butter with confectioners' sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon saffron water and vanilla; beat until combined, scraping down sides as needed. Add flour and salt; beat until just combined.
• Pat dough evenly into prepared pan; refrigerate until firm, about 20 minutes. Crimp edges with a fork. Cut into 8 wedges with a sharp knife, and dock all over with a skewer or fork. Brush remaining saffron water over top; sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake until firm and golden around edges, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan on a wire rack, then turn out of pan, re-slice wedges with a serrated knife, and let cool completely. Shortbread can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

SCOTCH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Mix flour, butter, and 1/2 cup sugar together in a bowl using your hands until dough is well combined. Press dough into an ungreased 11 1/2x 7 1/2-inch pan or jelly roll pan. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Cut shortbread into squares in the pan while still warm. Cool completely before removing squares from pan.

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 3-3/4 cups flour; mix well. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead for 5 minutes, adding enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut into 3x1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with fork. Bake until cookies are lightly browned, 20-25 minutes. Cool.

SAFFRON SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Set a rack over a sauce pan of boiling was. Put the saffron in a saucer on the rack and let the saffron steam for 3 to 4 minutes or until it is brittle. Remove from steam and crumble the saffron.
• In a large bowl stir together the flour, the crumbled saffron, baking powder, salt and sugar. Blend the mixture until it resembles a coarse meal. Sprinkle the dough with the orange flower water and blend it well.
• Pat the dough into an 8 inch square bakng pan and bake in the lower third of a pre-heated 350F oven for 1 hour, or until it is golden. Cut the shortbread into squares while it is still warm, transfer the squares to a rack, and let them cool.

FRASER SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place butter (not softened) in a large mixing bowl. Add flour, sugar and corn starch. Mix with hands (do not use a mixer) until blended and most of dough is like course cornmeal. It will be very lumpy.
• Spread a portion of the dough into the bottom of a glass pie pan and press firmly into the pan. Add dough until the thickness is about 1/2 inch thick.
• Place in oven and bake until edges are golden brown. Remove from oven and use a fork to create perforations. Shortbread will break easily when cooled. Remove from pie pan by placing a plate to cover, then flipping over - shortbread will fall out in one piece.