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Walnut Shortbreads | Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Jan 27, 2022 · Modified: Nov 24, 2024 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Walnut Shortbreads, a buttery cookie with whole wheat and walnuts. A delicious cookie for your evening tea and a wonderful gift for the festive season.

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What are Shortbreads?

Shortbreads are delightful Scottish biscuits that have been loved for many years. They are made from a simple recipe that includes flour, sugar, and a lot of rich butter. My little fella, really enjoys these melt in mouth cookies, and we still love Walkers Shortbreads. These biscuits are hard to resist because of their buttery texture and flavor that melts in your mouth.

Spooky witch finger cookies is one of their favorites. My elder one who is in his college now, would give me specific instructions on how i should use only peeled almonds for the nails. My husband loves these coffee cookies and soft cloud like looking mexican wedding cakes.

My first love is this Indian Shortbread, Kesar Nankhatai, melt in mouth cookies made with clarified butter. If you love Indian spices in your cookies, you must try these cardamom cookies.

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Food Story : Walnut Shortbreads

These toasty walnut shortbreads are inspired from Joy of baking. I have used walnuts instead of pecans in this recipe. The first time I made these, I used all purpose flour and Crisco. But this time I have made with whole wheat flour and butter, it came out perfect.

Nutty shortbreads

Enjoy these deliciously soft, nutty walnut shortbreads with your evening cuppa. Both my kids love the home baked shortbreads. These shortbreads were made often as gifts to my friends and family on their special occasion.

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Recipe for Walnut Shortbreads

Walnut shortbreads are delicious and buttery cookies made of whole wheat flour and toasted walnuts. These nutty cookies are perfect for any occasion.

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Walnut Shortbreads | Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Walnut Shortbreads, a buttery cookie with whole wheat and walnuts. A delicious cookie for your evening tea and a wonderful gift during special occasions.
5 from 4 votes
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Course: Snack
Cuisine: International, Scottish
Keyword: Eggless baking, Eggless cookies, How to make shortbread biscuits, Shortbread recipe, whole wheat cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Resting time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 316kcal

Equipment

  • Convection oven
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Bowls
  • Whisk and spatula

Ingredients

  • 1 cup walnuts toasted and coarsely chopped
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 tablespoon milk optional
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • ⅔ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 170C. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper. Toast the walnuts, either in the microwave for 90 seconds, stirring after every 30 seconds or on the stove-top. Let it cool, pulse it roughly in the processor, this way you won't have huge pieces of walnuts, which is a big no-no for my kids. 
  • In a medium sized bowl place the flour, cinnamon powder and salt, whisk to combine. In another bowl, using your electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (2-3 minutes).
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then add the flour mixture, mixing only until incorporated.  Stir in the chopped Walnuts. After adding the walnuts,  my dough became a little crumbly, so added 2 tablespoon of milk to get it to dough consistency.
  • Divide the dough in half, shape each half in to logs and wrap them in plastic  and refrigerate until firm (at least one hour). 
  • Remove one half of the dough from the refrigerator, using a sharp serrated knife, cut thick rounds and place them on the baking sheet. The shape might little off, just adjust them in your palms to get a round shape. 
  • Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets and refrigerate for 10 minutes to firm up the cookie dough. Repeat the same with rest of the dough and refrigerate until use
  • Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until the shortbread's are a deep brown color. This ensures a crunchy and crumbly cookie. Remove cookies from oven and cool on a wire rack.  
  • I baked these shortbreads, in a microwave convection oven, so the oven timing will be bit longer than normal gas or stand alone electric oven. If using any of the above mentioned then keep an eye on the cookie after 15 minutes.
  • Once cooled, store them in an air-tight container and enjoy with your evening cuppa.

Notes

  • Oven temperature, varies from oven to oven. If baking in a Gas oven, please keep an eye after 15 minutes, I have noticed my gas oven bakes quicker than my microwave convection oven

Nutrition

Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 141mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 481IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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  1. Unknown

    February 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    Delicious walnut shortbread.

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  2. Chef Mireille

    February 26, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    looks yummy

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  3. Harini R

    February 26, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    fabulous looking cookies

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  4. Unknown

    February 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    looks so yummy..loved it!!
    Kande Pohe

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  5. Srivalli

    February 27, 2012 at 1:37 am

    Delicious!

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  6. Gayathri NG

    February 27, 2012 at 2:12 am

    Awesome crunchy n delicious cookies...

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  7. Sangeetha M

    February 27, 2012 at 2:40 am

    fabulous looking cookies...sounds so delicious!!

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  8. Vardhini

    February 27, 2012 at 4:38 am

    Perfect cookies. Shortbreads are my favorite too.

    Vardhini
    Event: Sweet Luv
    Event: Strawberries

    Reply
  9. Gayathri Kumar

    February 27, 2012 at 4:55 am

    Awesome short bread...

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  10. vaishali sabnani

    February 27, 2012 at 8:57 am

    grt!!..it seems they will melt in our hands before they reach u r mouth...look super!!

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  11. veena

    February 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    Awesome Short bread..looks very inviting

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  12. Rujuta

    February 27, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Walnut Shortbread looks so delicious and tempting..
    Lovely recipe

    Reply
  13. Aarthi

    February 27, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    That looks delicious...

    Aarthi
    http://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/

    Reply
  14. Bindu

    February 27, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    delicious cookies.. look fabulous 🙂

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  15. Suma Gandlur

    February 27, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    I am going to try these.

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  16. Unknown

    February 27, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    they look delicious!...and yes Joy of baking site is very helpful!

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  17. Archana

    March 05, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Look delicious. Bookmarking

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  18. Priya Suresh

    November 28, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    Wish i get a box of these ultimate shortbreads from you Priya, you are torturing me with your shortbreads seriously. Am so tempted now and looking for the weekend to bake some shortbreads without any fail.

    Reply
  19. Gayathri Kumar

    November 29, 2018 at 4:31 am

    These shortbread cookies look fabulous Priya. With walnuts incorporated these cookies must taste yum..

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  20. Rafeeda AR

    November 29, 2018 at 7:31 am

    I guess as we move ahead, we go into better choices for the family, isn't it? 🙂 Anything with loads of butter would taste amazing... hehe... I get it why the boys finished it off. The same would have happened in my house too...

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  21. Pavani

    November 30, 2018 at 2:58 pm

    Yumm, I love shortbread cookies -- they are so easy to make and have the best texture. Your wholewheat shortbread look amazing.

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  22. Unknown

    December 07, 2018 at 6:58 am

    They look so gorgeous. Definitely Walnut makes this shortbread taste fantastic.

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  23. Srivalli

    December 10, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    Priya, wish I could grab them right away, looks so nicely baked and will surely make a fantastic snack for the kids box...

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  24. Unknown

    December 11, 2018 at 4:48 am

    Its raining cookies here, send me some please. Each cookie making me drool. Having whole wheat I am craving. have to bake tomorrow.

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  25. Chef Mireille

    December 14, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    perfect for tea time - send me one please 🙂

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  26. Kalyani

    November 24, 2024 at 9:10 am

    5 stars
    Shortbreads take me right back to Bangalore Xmas time where these were the rage growing up (as opposed to PArle G biscuits commonly available then). These walnut shortbreads look so scrumptious and inviting, Priya

    Reply
  27. Seema

    November 25, 2024 at 8:01 am

    5 stars
    Home made cookies finish so fast that I look for tried and tested ideas at all times. I love The walnut shortbrea that will sneak in the walnuts that never get eaten, Thankyou.

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  28. Radha

    November 26, 2024 at 10:19 pm

    5 stars
    I love shortbread cookies and walnut version sounds amazing. I would love to try these for the cookie exchange!

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  29. Mayuri Patel

    November 27, 2024 at 3:58 am

    5 stars
    What I like about shortbread is that they are easy to make and best part, melt in the mouth kind of cookies. Like your walnut shortbread as you've used wheat flour and brown sugar. Going to try this recipe.

    Reply

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