Buttery Chocolate Chip Shortbread

My friend made these at the weekend and I devoured them all so I asked for his recipe, as you do! I've simplified it a little to reduce the steps and hope it's easy as well as yummy. Let me know if you make it and how it goes.

You will need : A rolling pin (or a wine bottle like me! I realised I don't actually own a rolling pin!) A flat baking tray, and some baking paper.

Ingredients :

- 400g plain flour

- 250g (the whole block) softened unsalted butter (leave at room temp until soft + chop into chunks)

- 100g chocolate chips (optional)

- 100g caster sugar

- 1 1/2 egg yolks (the yellow bit only)

- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence/paste/powder

Method :

- Put the sugar and butter in a big bowl and mix with a fork/fingers until pale and fluffy

- Mix the flour in with your fingers so its all rubbed together and almost crumb-like - Add the egg yolks, vanilla, chocolate chips and stir until all combined well

- Turn out the mixture onto a work surface and form into a lovely big ball

- Preheat your oven to 180C Fan

- Roll out to about 1/2cm thick and cut your lovely shapes out (I used some festive cutters I got on Amazon for my shapes. (re-roll out any offcuts to make more.)

- Place your shapes on your baking paper on a flat baking tray.

- Pop the tray in the oven for 15-20 mins or until the shortbread is a lovely golden brown

- Place the biscuits on a wire tray to cool before enjoying (they are actually better cooler so try to wait before indulging!)

TIP :

Sprinkle some more sugar on top of the shapes before you pop them in the oven for extra sparkle and crunch.

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