Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Shortbread
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves how it crumbles and melts!
Serves
12
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Level
⭐⭐ Getting Confident
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)🥛Milk
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •180 g plain flour
- •120 g butter
- •60 g caster sugar
- •20 g cornflour
🔧 Equipment
baking traymixing bowlfork
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: 170°C / Gas 3
- 1Adult: preheat the oven to 170°C / Gas 3.
- 2Rub the butter into the flour and cornflour.
- 3Stir in the sugar.
- 4Press into a lined baking tray.
- 5Prick all over with a fork.
- 6Adult: bake for 20 minutes until pale golden.
- 7Mark into fingers while warm, then cool completely.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Rub the butter
- ✓ Press into tray
- ✓ Prick with fork
- ✓ Mark into fingers
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the oven
- ⚠️ Handle hot baking tray
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Adult must operate the oven
- • Tray will be very hot — use oven gloves
- • Shortbread is fragile — let it cool before cutting
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding chocolate chips, lavender or lemon zest.
