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Baking, dominio, midwinter, Pyrex, recipe, shortbread, Vintage, vintage baking
I’ve started a baking blog to explore some vintage recipes. To re-look at some classics and to remember some long forgotten favourites. When I talked to my mother in law about my idea she suggested that my first effort be shortbread as this was hers.
So here is a 1970 shortbread recipe from The Homepride Book of Baking.
You will need
- 150 grammes plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 100 grammes butter
- 50 grammes castor sugar
- Egg yolk
- Greased baking tray
Pre-heat the oven to 325f / gas mark 3 / 170c
Sieve the flour into a bowl containing the flour
Rub the butter and flour together using your fingertips until the mixture resembles crumbs
Seperate the yolk of an egg
Mix in the egg yolk to ythe crumbs
Roll out the mixture on a floured surface and use pastry cutters to produce biscuit shapes. Place biscuits on a baking sheet or in a pyrex spacesacer
Bake in the preheated oven for an hour until golden and firm. After a few minutes turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
And serve with tea!
Will be trying this for sure, love shortbread !!
Yummy ..love shortbread.
Oh I remember making this in the 70’s for my 2young children, it was their Sunday tea time treat, will be making it again xxxxx
Let me know how it goes Laura. I might try a Mrs Beeton shortbread next week x