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    Home » Eggless Bakes » Cookie Recipes » Walnut Shortbreads | Shortbread Cookies Recipe

    Walnut Shortbreads | Shortbread Cookies Recipe

    Jan 27, 2022 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 during special occasions.

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    Shortbreads with walnuts

    What are Shortbreads?

    Shortbreads, deliciously, buttery scottish biscuits. The classic recipe of shortbreads, contains flour, sugar and butter. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, incorporate the flour. Refrigerate the cookie dough, so it is easy to handle. Cut them into desired shapes and bake.

    I bet no one can resist eating just one of these utterly buttery delicious biscuits. My lil one is a die-hard fan of shortbreads. We still love Walkers Shortbreads from the supermarket isle.

    Spooky witch finger cookies is one of their favorites. Even my elder one who is in his teens now, pester to bake them with specific instructions on how i should use only peeled almonds for the nails. My husband loves these coffee cookies , his first love coffee!

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    Food Story : Walnut Shortbreads

    These toasty walnut shortbreads are inspired from Joy of baking. I have used walntus 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

    These delicious and buttery walnut shortbreads, make a perfect gift for this festive season. Do make and share the joy and also the calories.

    If you have tried this recipe and like it, give it a star rating or let me know in the comments below. You could also share it with me on Instagram using #icampinmmykitchen and tagging me @priyasrinivasan.
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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.

    Walnut Shortbreads

    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.
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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
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Resting time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
    Servings: 12 servings
    Calories:

    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 bake in an 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

    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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    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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    1. Unknown

      February 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm

      Delicious walnut shortbread.

      Reply
    2. Chef Mireille

      February 26, 2012 at 6:46 pm

      looks yummy

      Reply
    3. Harini R

      February 26, 2012 at 7:08 pm

      fabulous looking cookies

      Reply
    4. Unknown

      February 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm

      looks so yummy..loved it!!
      Kande Pohe

      Reply
    5. Srivalli

      February 27, 2012 at 1:37 am

      Delicious!

      Reply
    6. Gayathri NG

      February 27, 2012 at 2:12 am

      Awesome crunchy n delicious cookies…

      Reply
    7. Sangeetha M

      February 27, 2012 at 2:40 am

      fabulous looking cookies…sounds so delicious!!

      Reply
    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…

      Reply
    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!!

      Reply
    11. veena

      February 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      Awesome Short bread..looks very inviting

      Reply
    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 🙂

      Reply
    15. Suma Gandlur

      February 27, 2012 at 6:35 pm

      I am going to try these.

      Reply
    16. Unknown

      February 27, 2012 at 7:36 pm

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

      Reply
    17. Archana

      March 05, 2012 at 4:28 pm

      Look delicious. Bookmarking

      Reply
    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..

      Reply
    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…

      Reply
    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.

      Reply
    22. Unknown

      December 07, 2018 at 6:58 am

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

      Reply
    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…

      Reply
    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.

      Reply
    25. Chef Mireille

      December 14, 2018 at 8:06 pm

      perfect for tea time – send me one please 🙂

      Reply

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