Ready to bake cherry shortbread dough - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Christmas , Shortbread , Dough , Gift

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1
In a bowl whisk together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.

For this step you'll need:
- 675g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 375g Unrefined golden caster sugar
2
Stir in the flours, salt and cherries until it starts to come together.

For this step you'll need:
- 1050g Plain white flour
- 1tsp Salt
- 200g Dried sour cherries
3

Using clean hands, bring the dough together by gently kneading it.
4

Split the dough into 6 and roll each into a sausage with a diameter of 5cm.
5
Sprinkle the demerara sugar onto a tray. Roll each sausage in the sugar to coat the outside completely. Wrap well in cling film and refrigerate.

For this step you'll need:
- 100g Unrefined demerara sugar
6

To wrap for gifting, cut 6 pieces of baking parchment into 30cm x 30 cm and wrap each biscuit dough. Secure with ribbons at either end to form a cracker shape.
7

Write the cooking instructions (see step 8), on a label and attach to the ribbon. Give as heartwarming ready to bake gifts.
8

To cook, preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 170°C, gas mark 4). Grease and flour a baking sheet. Slice the dough into 10 even sized discs and bake for 15 minutes, until golden. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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