Brown Sugar Shortbread is the kind of bake that feels timeless — buttery, fragrant, and delicately spiced, with a soft crunch that melts in your mouth.
The light brown sugar gives the shortbread a subtle caramel note, while the orange rind and mixed spice add warmth and brightness that make it stand out from the traditional version. Every wedge is rich yet refined — slightly crisp at the edges and tender in the centre. The recipe is beautifully simple, requiring just a handful of pantry staples, yet the result tastes like something far more luxurious. Brown Sugar Shortbread is proof that the best recipes are often the simplest — comforting, nostalgic, and irresistibly moreish.
Brown Sugar Shortbread
Buttery and sweet brown sugar shortbread with a crisp, melt-in-your-mouth texture, perfect for a simple treat.
8
servings15
minutes40
minutes230
kcal55
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Ingredients
150 gram Plain flour
1/2 tsp Ground mixed spice
50 gram Ground white rice
60 gram Light brown soft sugar
1 Orange rind-finely grated
125 gram Unsalted butter
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.
- Grease a 18 cm flan tin.
- Sift the flour and mixed spice and ground rice into a mixing bowl.
- Stir in the brown sugar and orange rind with a wooden spoon.
- Add the butter and mix into the dry ingredients with a clean hand, using a squeeze and knead action, the mixture forms a stiff dough.
- Press the dough into a spring form pan smoothing the surface.
- Invert the dough onto the baking tray.
- Using a knife,lightly mark into eight wedge shapes
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until firm and golden.
- Leave to cool completely on the baking tray, on a wire rack.
- Cut into wedges to serve.
Notes
- Serve with a dusting of icing sugar or a lovely cuppa
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