Orange And Almond Shortbread Food

ORANGE AND ALMOND SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Line a 18cm x 28cm slice tin with baking paper. Process almonds in a food processor until finely ground, then transfer to a bowl with flour, icing sugar, baking powder and 1 tsp fine salt. Add butter and rub in with your fingertips to form fine crumbs. Add egg, yolks and half the rind and mix to combine without overworking the dough. Transfer dough to slice tin, pressing evenly over tray, then cover with a piece of baking paper and rub pastry evenly into the corners using a small bottle, side of a cup, or small wooden dowel, then refrigerate to rest (30-40 minutes).
• Preheat oven to 180C and bake shortbread, turning pan occasionally during cooking, until golden (40-50 minutes). Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes then, using a 6cm round cutter, cut shortbread in rows in the tin, starting with a round, then overlapping by about half each time to form crescents, removing each as you go. Set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, combine remaining rind with icing sugar in a bowl and mix, and sieve mixture heavily over biscuits and serve. Biscuits will keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

ORANGE AND ALMOND SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, then beat in the orange zest.
• Add the flour and ground almonds and mix to a soft dough. Chill for 15 minutes.
• Roll out the dough to about 3mm (1/8th in) thick and cut out the biscuits. Carefully transfer to a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Chill for another 15 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 170℃ (160℃ fan)/375°F/gas mark 4.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 12-15 minutes until pale golden. Allow to cool and harden for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Dust with icing sugar if desired.

ALMOND-ORANGE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Make the dough: In a mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, almond extract, and salt until smooth. With mixer on low speed, add flour and orange zest; mix just until a dough forms. With a wooden spoon, rubber spatula, or your hands, gently mix in almonds.
• Freeze the dough: On a piece of waxed paper, form dough into a rectangular log, 12 inches long, 2 1/2 inches wide, and 1 inch thick. Wrap log in the paper, and freeze until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 3 months. If freezing longer than 1 day, wrap log again, in plastic wrap.
• Bake the shortbread: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove dough from freezer. (If dough has been in freezer a long time and is frozen solid, let it sit at room temperature 30 minutes so it slices without crumbling.)
• With a sharp knife, cut dough into 1/4-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheet at least 1 inch apart. Bake until edges just begin to turn golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet; transfer cookies to a rack to cool completely.

ALMOND-ORANGE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• In a mixer or food processor bowl, beat butter, sugar, almond extract, and salt until smooth.
• With mixer on low speed, add flour and orange zest; mixt until dough forms.
• With a wooden spoon, rubber spatula, or your hands, gently mix in almonds.
• Cut piece of waxed paper--12" X 6".
• Roll dough into log shape (12" long by 2 1/2" wide and 1" thick. Place on waxed paper and wrap.
• Freeze until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 3 months.
• (If freezing longer than one day, wrap log again in double layers of plastic film.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Remove dough from freezer.
• With a sharp knife, slice into 1/4" thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheet at leat 1" apart.
• Bake until edges just begin to turn golden, about 20 minutes.
• DO NOT OVERBAKE.
• Cool 5 minutes on sheet; transfer to a rack to cool completely.

ORANGE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Blend together butter, superfine sugar, zest, and salt in a bowl with a fork. Sift flour into butter mixture and blend with fork until mixture forms a soft dough.
• Transfer dough to an ungreased large baking sheet and pat into a 10- by 5-inch rectangle. Prick dough all over with fork and sprinkle with coarse sugar (if using), pressing it gently into dough with your fingertips to adhere. Score dough crosswise with back of a knife into 6 rectangles (do not cut all the way through), then score each rectangle into 2 triangles.
• Bake shortbread in middle of oven until edges are golden but center is pale, 12 to 17 minutes. Cool on baking sheet on a rack 10 minutes, then cut into 12 triangles along scored lines while still warm. Transfer triangles with a long spatula to a rack to cool completely.

CRISP ORANGE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Lightly oil a baking sheet. Beat the butter, then cream it with the sugar and orange zest until light. Stir in the flour and baking powder and mix together to form a dough.
• Divide the mixture into 10 balls, arrange on a baking sheet. Press each ball fl at with the tip of a round-bladed knife. Chill for 15 mins, then bake for 12-15 mins until light golden. Leave on the baking sheet for 2 mins before releasing with a palette knife. Slide onto a rack to cool. Will keep stored in an airtight container for up to a week.