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.
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