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Shortbread Made from Very Old Recipe

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 1 hr 45 mins
Course Baking
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 375 g butter
  • 180 g suar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 500g flour
  • 1 egg yolk for brushing
Shortbread Made from Very Old Recipe
Shortbread Made from Very Old Recipe

Instructions

  1. Mix the butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar until frothy and add the egg yolks. Then knead into a dough with the flour.
  2. Chill the dough for approx. 1 hour, then roll out approx. 0.5 cm thick and cut out cookies. Brush these cookies with egg yolk and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake at about 175 ° C for about 15 minutes.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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