Hi, I'm Chef Mercedes. I'm a graduate of the French Culinary Institute/International Culinary Center's classic pastry arts program. Currently I do not work in the food industry so I use this blog to share my love of eating and passion for baking with the world. I hope you’ll enjoy what I have to share about baking and that I’ll inspire you to bake as well.
Monday, March 21, 2011
St. Patrick's Day Shortbread
Here are the shortbread cookies I made for St. Patrick's Day. They were amazing! I have to say, I've had trouble finding a good shortbread cookie recipe that makes decent quantity. (So many recipes only make around a dozen cookies, and that is not nearly enough!) Anyway, I found this recipe in Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. I'd already made her chocolate shortbread, so I figured her plain one would be good. I was right! It really was incredible shortbread. It was buttery and sweet, but not to sweet. And the texture was perfect; slightly crumbly, compact but not dense, and ever so slightly crisp. I used light green sanding sugar on top to make them holiday-ish, but usually I would just use plain sugar, though of course you can use any color you want.
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