Ingredients
Ingredients: flour, butter, caster sugar,
vanilla essence, salt and one teaspoon of milk.
| Diameter baking tin | Flour | Butter | Caster sugar |
|---|
| 24 cm | 250 g | 225 g | 150 g |
| 19 cm | 185 g | 170 g | 110 g |
| Preparation time: | 10 to 15 mintues |
| Cooking time: | 25 to 30 minutes |
| Oven temprature | 200°C / 400°F / Gas mark 5 |
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven
- Grease the baking tin
- Put all ingredients except the milk in a bowl
- Cut the butter with two knifes into small bits and knead the dough with cold hands into a smouth ball
- Press the dough in the greased tin
- Spread the milk over the dough
- Bake the Boterkoek in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes on 200°C / 400°F / Gas mark 5
Tip: cover the top of the Boterkoek with some tin foil for the first 15 minutes and finish baking for another 10 minutes.
Boterkoek / Dutch shortbread
This recipe for Boterkoek comes from a Dutch cook book which my mom sent to me because I miss eating it while living in Wales. I don't know whether it's a traditional Dutch shortbread recipe, but it's definately a traditional recipe handed from mother to son (i.e. me) in my family :)
Enjoy
