We Tried 9 Shortbread Recipes

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  • @Aliiiciiaa
    @Aliiiciiaa 3 роки тому +48

    I absolutely adore this series. I can’t begin to imagine how much goes into these videos! So thank you! They are highly appreciated ♥️

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  3 роки тому +3

      Thank you so much Alisha!!! They are indeed a ton of work but I so appreciate your kind words!

    • @nadinekore6308
      @nadinekore6308 Рік тому +1

      I don't know, I feel like she should at least be making the different recipes. Even only half so that we can see what she's talking about...

  • @-beee-
    @-beee- Рік тому +5

    Wow, this is an incredible breakdown. Thank you for sharing these reflections!

  • @2CorgiMom
    @2CorgiMom Рік тому +9

    Wow, what a great review! After visiting the United Kingdom a few years ago, I’ve been on a quest to find the perfect shortbread. Thank you for all the links to the recipes!

  • @ChristieIngram
    @ChristieIngram Рік тому +3

    What an incredible shortbread deep dive! Thanks for all of the work you put into this.

  • @bee1979
    @bee1979 Рік тому +28

    Walkers is the gold standard! I would want the one that taste the most like it and has the same texture.

    • @Seoras111
      @Seoras111 11 місяців тому +7

      I completely agree. The recipe that tastes most like Walkers is the one that contains only flour, butter (salted) and sugar in the proportions 3, 2, 1 (easy to remember). Nothing else. The secret is in the amount of handling of the dough (as little as possible), and the temperature/cooking time (differs per oven) to get the "bone" (the characteristic shape and size of the lighter coloured part visible when you break the shortbread in half). Grate the cold butter and mix it using cold hands (cool them under a cold tap). If you cannot get salted butter, add some salt, this is really important to get the rich taste. One prepared, immediately put the dough in the baking tin, score it, fork it and bake it. No resting, no curing, no overnight in the fridge, no nonsense of any kind. You may not get the best result immediately, because it takes time to know your oven. Once you do, these will be the best and most authentic shortbread biscuits you will ever taste.

    • @Lucat.3
      @Lucat.3 Місяць тому

      @@Seoras111acabo de probar con una receta que he encontrado y el sabor no se parece nada al de las walkers… la próxima vez probaré como dices. Una duda, ¿sabes si hay alguna marca de mantequilla recomendable para conseguir el sabor de walkers? Gracias!!

  • @talonspittles1365
    @talonspittles1365 3 роки тому +4

    Love these bake off videos they’re so helpful when choosing which recipe to use as my “go-to”! Please please help me out and do brownies soon! Haha

  • @musemuseique
    @musemuseique 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for trying and reviewing all of the recipes!

  • @laurak.donham8374
    @laurak.donham8374 Місяць тому

    I appreciate how you explain how the different ingredients affects the final results (oats, brown sugar, etc). Really helped me choose which recipe to use to get the results I was looking for. I was looking at 8 recipes and overwhelmed! Thank you.

  • @Bravo21
    @Bravo21 Місяць тому +1

    Great comparison, thank you🎉 I have been making Shortbread for 40+ years. My basic recipie came from Gourmet Magazine back in the 80's and have to say I like them all! I have tried many varieties, added flavorings, dipped the bottoms in chocolate, etc. I added a bit of orange zest + vanilla and those were a big hit and are now a Holiday staple. Some recipies I have seen add corn starch instead of rice flour for a softer finished cookie. I have not tried it yet, but will this season. Has anyone tied it? Would love to hear your results.

  • @nonisnest9718
    @nonisnest9718 Рік тому +1

    Shortbread is my favorite cookie so this was super interesting to me!

  • @klani1309
    @klani1309 Місяць тому

    really great guide to shortbread...loved it!

  • @williamchisholm5653
    @williamchisholm5653 Місяць тому

    Wow this was so well done!

  • @stevena.2306
    @stevena.2306 2 роки тому +2

    Such a great video. Happy Holidays

  • @MadebyYouandI
    @MadebyYouandI 3 роки тому +7

    I love that you did this! You deserve all the love, because it is not cheap 'n easy to do all that work. I'm going trust your tastebuds and give the Ted Lasso (which I'd never heard of) a try.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you so much; I think Ted Lasso is truly incredible and I hope you enjoy!!

  • @TaLuLuDAY
    @TaLuLuDAY Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the video! This is so helpful❤❤

  • @trinleywangmo
    @trinleywangmo 2 місяці тому +1

    Just started making shortbread cookies myself. I'm a Walker's fan myself. So glad that you did the taste testing here for us. I'm a simple gal. Three ingredients. Basic ratios. But, I really wanted to try brown sugar... looking for a more molasses taste. I really want to use my recipe for a Cheese cake base... hopefully what I learned here will help it hold up to the humidity.

  • @isabelissimaa
    @isabelissimaa 3 роки тому +7

    I can’t imagine how much butter you used! Haha another amazing video/bake off 😍

  • @normanshadow1
    @normanshadow1 Рік тому +3

    This was great. I would have liked you mention sweetness level, although you did enough work already, to be fair!. Thanks a bunch!!!

  • @lindae2524
    @lindae2524 Рік тому +3

    I Just watched the shortbread made for the queen at Balmoral in Scotland. He was a chef there. He used cornstarch too. Plus vanilla bean paste. Made the holes so it cooks better. I think it would be the best one.

    • @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat
      @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat 4 місяці тому

      Good video. I watched it earlier.
      May I ask which recipe you ended up liking the best? Have you tried a recipe with cornstarch?

    • @tracey5118
      @tracey5118 3 місяці тому

      Where can I watch the video of this

  • @50hellkat2
    @50hellkat2 Місяць тому +1

    The shortbread made with powdered sugar is ideal and better if you use a cookie press with discs and make various shapes for fancy smaller cookies. It does not work well for a thick shortbread and it is not a dough meant for the thick shortbread. But perfect melt in your mouth when using the small appropriate fancy pop in your mouth in one bite size and shape of cookie. To make your shortbread last you need to use a storage tin box and stack them with parchment paper between and put a paper towel on top. Also good to keep them in fridge or even freezer. definitely has walkers flavour only melt in your mouth with some crispness and walkers has a more firmer feel. Forget the rice flour and you do not need fancy butter but go for it if you want. oven temp can be 275 or even less for the cookie press cookies and watch them closely. Use parchment paper.

  • @blinkoneeighttwo9034
    @blinkoneeighttwo9034 2 роки тому +15

    i would love to see a banana bread comparison!

  • @HoneyHarmon
    @HoneyHarmon 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for this, I’m making shortbread for my sisters birthday but it has to be very specific (one that a local bakery used to sell but doesn’t anymore) so this video will be helpful to find a recipe

  • @rarevisionog
    @rarevisionog Рік тому +1

    If you like very butter desserts, you may also want to try Turkish flour halwa or the indian mysore pak. Both made with humongous amounts of butter/ghee.

  • @colleenloffredo7895
    @colleenloffredo7895 Рік тому +1

    Made many of these recipes, made a mistake with the Tartine recipe the first time, but still came out. Did the recipe again and liked my mistake recipe the best!

    • @jvallas
      @jvallas 9 місяців тому

      What was the mistake?

  • @linnertons554
    @linnertons554 3 роки тому +10

    I would love to see the cooking process and footage of cooking each one instead of solely talking about it! It would be more engaging and fun to see the process! I love your comparison blogs.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  3 роки тому +1

      A great point, I would also LOVE to show more of the process but it would just be many more hours of filming so I haven't figured out a good way to do this yet. I do try to capture some of the process on Instagram stories for now!

  • @ayarahimi9799
    @ayarahimi9799 3 роки тому +2

    I love these videos sm I’ve been reading your blog for a while but I just recently discovered your UA-cam channel and whenever you upload it literally makes my day 💜❤️💜❤️🥰🥰

  • @adilahotee7346
    @adilahotee7346 3 роки тому +1

    Love your work!

  • @WW-wn4ef
    @WW-wn4ef Рік тому

    Thank you so much for all the effort this must have taken you! So appreciated. Any idea if you can freeze baked shortbread (single layer on a sheet pan)? How does the unbaked dough hold up? Thanks a lot.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for the kind words! Yes, you could definitely flash freeze the shortbread (freeze until solid as a single layer, then break up and put in a freezer bag for later)--but obviously the flavor won't be as fresh! I think the dough would hold up for several days in the fridge, but I haven't tried for longer than that.

    • @WW-wn4ef
      @WW-wn4ef Рік тому

      Thanks so much!@@erikathepancakeprincess

  • @lurklingX
    @lurklingX Рік тому

    thanks, this was great!! i always get stuck on recipes, knowing one version could BLARRGH and another be the heavens shining down. (usually meals, not baking). i started getting walkers shortbread recently. had it last year for 1st time, and it was so much different from those cookie tin things which i hate. got me wondering what the recipes were like. never even heard of deans. i'm part scot, so perfectly happy to stay with walkers lol. but curious where deans is from. also, walkers has one that's in the shape of scottie dogs and.... ah. hard not to love.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  Рік тому

      Ahh yes Walkers is definitely another gold standard; Dean's was a recommendation from someone who came from London!

  • @islabee5266
    @islabee5266 3 роки тому +16

    Love this, but the background music is making me crazy!

  • @ForeverGodsGirl03
    @ForeverGodsGirl03 3 роки тому +1

    Can you do a comparison of vanilla cakes?

  • @YoSpongebob
    @YoSpongebob Рік тому

    Can someone tell me where I can get the exact measures of the ingredients?
    I want one of ted lassos and the other one would be seasons and suppers one.

    • @jvallas
      @jvallas 9 місяців тому

      Check her description. She links to each recipe.

    • @francespowell6923
      @francespowell6923 3 місяці тому

      Google it.

  • @glynislailann9056
    @glynislailann9056 Рік тому +4

    Interesting video & comparison of recipes. I found the recipe from Martha Stewart (the one where she bakes it in a round mold with thistle design on it) to be closest to that of Walkers Shortbread. I baked this version & my friends were clamoring for more.

  • @jvallas
    @jvallas Рік тому +5

    Well, I'm prejudiced in favor of my Scottish grandfather's recipe that seems just slightly different from each of the ones you tested. But I have a question: was it just agreed that no one would dock the cookies (holes in the top)? IMO, it adds to the unique "shortbread-y" texture one is looking for.
    Has anyone ever seen a more browned version? My mom always made them that way, baked a good bit longer than I ever did (she was an Aussie if that made a difference), but pale is the only way that ever seemed legit to me, though I never said that to her.
    Mine may be the simplest: butter, caster or regular sugar, flour. That's it unless you used saltless butter, then you'll want a little salt.
    Combine all, pat out on a pan, press the 4 sides (recipe says "flute") with a fork, dock it (place holes all over with a fork), pre-draw lines with a knife.
    Now is the odd part: We are instructed to bake 20-25 minutes at 350°F, 15-20 minutes at 250, and 200° to total an hour. I'm not at all sure why, either something quirky about the original oven, or I actually think it makes sure the interior is done to the right degree without the outside getting crunchy. An alternative is to bake at 300° for 45 minutes. To this day, I use the 3 temperatures out of loyalty to the original recipe! 😁
    When done, cut them again while still hot. I've always cut them in squares. Cool on a wire rack. Remember all the days at Grandma's when she made these for you. Whoops, that's just me.

    • @Cozycultcreations
      @Cozycultcreations Рік тому +2

      My Scottish Grandma made these for me when I was in elementary school and I will never forget that flavour. No store bought shortbread cookie compairs. She was 97 when she passed away a couple years ago.

    • @jvallas
      @jvallas 9 місяців тому

      @@CozycultcreationsYes, my grandma's were tied up in wonderful buttery flavor along with representing pretty much every single wonderful visit I had with her. Sounds like you have the same kind of memory. Children are so lucky when they have nurturing grandparents.

  • @highpsi11
    @highpsi11 2 роки тому +1

    Wow - a lot of work to make all of these and then also to describe them accurately!

  • @conniead5206
    @conniead5206 Рік тому +1

    No recipes from Scotland?

  • @____Ann____
    @____Ann____ 2 роки тому +3

    Please make more videos. We miss you x

  • @Mkatz65
    @Mkatz65 Рік тому

    I know it’s been a long time since you did this testing, but have you looked at the binging with babish recipe? I’m just wondering if you or anyone else knows how it compares to these.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  Рік тому

      I haven't! But I'm starting a micro bake off series in my newsletter so this would be an interesting one to look at!

  • @lushlava
    @lushlava 3 роки тому

    I'm really surprised you didn't do the Canada Cornstarch recipe. But I love that you did this!

  • @maryleung1425
    @maryleung1425 Рік тому +1

    What about ....WHIPPED SHORTBREAD ...
    now that is one i want to try

  • @iggyreilly2463
    @iggyreilly2463 2 роки тому +2

    Great channel! Do coffee cake!!

  • @Flutterby777
    @Flutterby777 Рік тому

    I saw a butter cookie recipe with powder sugar that made the cookie softer. Oops you just mentioned powdered sugar but maybe you could do 1/2 powdered and 1/2 reg sugar.

    • @jvallas
      @jvallas 9 місяців тому +1

      The ones with cornstarch would be similar, I think, because powdered sugar has cornstarch.

  • @irener1111
    @irener1111 Рік тому +1

    Hack: Cover the bowl of the food processor with plastic wrap before you put on the lid. Keeps the lid from getting dirty and all that wasted product!

  • @PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz
    @PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz Рік тому +3

    I use a 2-4-6 ratio

  • @____Ann____
    @____Ann____ 3 роки тому +3

    Please do a cinnamon roll bake off! I tried Joshua Weissman's and Brian Lagerstrom's but am curious about others.

  • @jeniquevestal8817
    @jeniquevestal8817 2 роки тому +5

    One thing I noticed right away… making short bread should be thinner and more uniform size. Plus most important is docking it with a fork before baking… none of the shortbreads you baked were docked( poke holes with fork) to cook evenly.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  2 роки тому +3

      Good point about uniformity; I could have rolled them more evenly. I did dock the shortbread that called to be docked (like Seasons & Suppers for example)!

  • @annbretagne2108
    @annbretagne2108 8 місяців тому

    Kerrygold - high quality? It was always seen as a cheap brand when I was growing up. I use Paysan Breton or Isigny Sainte Mère salted butter for the best buttery taste. Cornstarch always gives a soft, slightly claggy mouth feel. For a smooth, flat top, use the bottom of a cup measure or mug - see backyard chef video.

    • @MrsJakas
      @MrsJakas Місяць тому

      'Claggy'? I'm going to take that to mean 'not good'. Right?

  • @PatEdwards-s6r
    @PatEdwards-s6r 8 місяців тому

    How many biscuits are you going to eat and what’s the point?

  • @hibiscusflower5911
    @hibiscusflower5911 10 місяців тому

    What about a cookie that uses Ghee or browned butter??

  • @sciagurrato1831
    @sciagurrato1831 Рік тому

    This was not only a comparison across multiple recipes but a masterly presentation - brilliant! Are you planning on going to med school?

  • @MensahAcademics
    @MensahAcademics Рік тому +1

    Fat content in the butter makes ALL the difference. 82% and over is the truth. Plus a deep buttery tasting butter.

  • @jamesedwards8097
    @jamesedwards8097 2 роки тому

    I have been looking for a shortbread cutout recipe as I can’t get enough of Whole Foods ‘Little Rae’s’ retail offering. I’ve researched some of the same recipes you offered, the rice flour addition, Euro
    butters, egg yolks, brown sugar, and disparate cookbook recipes, so much so I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole. I will rewatch this episode and narrow my favorites to a workable few that will come close to ‘LR’s’ taste and texture. If you have a suggestion for ingredients in the aforementioned listed flour, butter, egg yolk, etc choices please advise. Thank you, great content!

    • @recuerdos2457
      @recuerdos2457 Рік тому

      Have u found out the best recipe that you d recommend? Thanks

  • @Bobzilla8735
    @Bobzilla8735 7 місяців тому +1

    I think you used the wrong card for Ted Lasso. It says rice flour, granulated sugar, no chill, twice baked. All of that is wrong.
    Edit: It looks like that was the card from Season and Suppers that got inserted twice.

  • @bcbdrums
    @bcbdrums 2 роки тому

    Do brownies?

  • @janemack8852
    @janemack8852 Рік тому

    So I learned that European butter has a higher butter fat content and less water than American butter. Where does Australian butter fall?

  • @GeorgeMonsour
    @GeorgeMonsour Рік тому

    I get the idea that you're putting the shortbreads in the fridge because of the loss of crispness. Right?

  • @jackitobin4747
    @jackitobin4747 Рік тому

    Stop saying Ted Laso cookie had powdered sugar - the graphics say granulated. that is regular table sugar, not powderd!

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  Рік тому +4

      Well I can't very well stop saying it had powdered sugar now that the video is edited and published (: The graphic is wrong. The cookies have powdered sugar in them.

  • @tammyhanson7843
    @tammyhanson7843 2 роки тому +49

    All due respect, where is shortbread ever called crisp? No, it melts in your mouth, no chewing needed

    • @Elleliza3501
      @Elleliza3501 Рік тому +10

      Yeah, I definitely wouldn't class Walkers as the professionals 😂

    • @thesmallerhalf1968
      @thesmallerhalf1968 Рік тому +20

      Altering the proportions of the ingredients will change the texture. Shortbread should be viewed more as a method than a recipe. Some people prefer a crisper texture, that is a choice, it is still shortbread.

    • @ppw8716
      @ppw8716 Рік тому +6

      I agree. My preference is melt in your mouth. That’s what I look for in my shortbread. Not a fan of dense crisp shortbread cookie.

    • @sheilajerrett2675
      @sheilajerrett2675 Рік тому +21

      The people who eat shortbread dense and crisp are the people who invented it, the Scots. If you want it tender add your cornstarch and icing sugar, but that’s a cookie , not shortbread traditionally to the folk who pressed it in clay forms or rolled it in trays or molded it in petticoat tails. The Walkers are a Scottish lowland clan who do actually carry the tradition fairly well.

    • @francostacy7675
      @francostacy7675 Рік тому +4

      @@Elleliza3501since when is taste objective?….regardless what people think, taste is subjective like beauty and art

  • @MicheleLoyd
    @MicheleLoyd Рік тому

    this is such a great comparison! I also noticed the zillions of recipes. I have to say, your beautiful was so close to your mouth that I had to listen rather than watch you taste. Sorry! You're brilliant but maybe a bobbie pin? Keep up the great work!

    • @jvallas
      @jvallas 9 місяців тому

      Beautiful hair?

  • @douglascuthbertson3595
    @douglascuthbertson3595 Місяць тому

    For start, it's not a cookie it's a biscuit

  • @tinayeo1962
    @tinayeo1962 3 місяці тому

    Walkers has changed. It is now too crisp and not as buttery. It does not show changes in ingredients, but then again, there are loopholes.

  • @maryholton162
    @maryholton162 4 місяці тому

    Very good video. Good info. But, the background music is extremely annoying and distracting.

  • @KSo-gj1zo
    @KSo-gj1zo 2 місяці тому

    thanks for the variety of reviews. but, please pin your hair up. it's distracting watching someone touch food and fix their hair at the same time. It made me wonder why you wanted to cover half your face instead of focusing on the cookies.

  • @pamelaracki9255
    @pamelaracki9255 5 місяців тому

    And yet . U let no one know how much of any ingredients to use. How much butter? How much flour? And sugar?
    No real help here

    • @Firecat0
      @Firecat0 5 місяців тому +2

      Why would she list those things here? Just go to the videos/websites for the one you want and get the entire recipe start to finish.

  • @itcoming9758
    @itcoming9758 Рік тому

    There is English short bread and a Scottish short bread.
    The secret to short bread is using corn starch. 1/3 to half of what use in flour.
    Should be crumbled, not a solid mass.Crumbled so it is short and then pressed into pan.
    The brought biscuits are not what it should be.
    Look up uk recipes .

  • @karenlawson6344
    @karenlawson6344 2 роки тому +3

    I liked your video and it was informative. I can understand why most chefs tie back their long hair. While beautiful ,your hair is touched many times to where it detracts from your message.

  • @Seoras111
    @Seoras111 11 місяців тому +1

    I don't get this video, there is only one shortbread recipe, 3, 2, 1 flour, butter (salted), sugar. Any other ingredient and it is no longer shortbread, but some other "cookie" as people keep calling it (it's a biscuit).

    • @jvallas
      @jvallas 9 місяців тому

      3, 2, 1 by weight or volume?

  • @spaghettiqueen230
    @spaghettiqueen230 Рік тому +2

    turn some lights on girl

  • @bogiesan
    @bogiesan Рік тому +1

    Leave the graphics and text up much much longer, use more closeups of the things you are talking about. Those are all much more interesting and important than watching you talk.

  • @davidjenson7773
    @davidjenson7773 Рік тому +1

    Less touching the hair .

  • @ennelya
    @ennelya 2 роки тому

    I thought these are about real people's recipes and commercial brands'. Who cares?

  • @amazingbrain5818
    @amazingbrain5818 Рік тому

    Please talk slowly and pronounce words clearly!

  • @marinazagrai1623
    @marinazagrai1623 Рік тому

    Sorry but the tasting and evaluating the cookies is taking too long. I would have thought the testing had been done already and we get the results.

    • @erikathepancakeprincess
      @erikathepancakeprincess  Рік тому +1

      If you'd like to skip straight to the results, you can read the blog post! www.thepancakeprincess.com/2021/12/10/best-shortbread-bake-off/

    • @bitethesun
      @bitethesun Рік тому

      Loved this comparison video. Thanks for sharing it. 👏👏😍

  • @nancycrabtree6312
    @nancycrabtree6312 Рік тому

    Remove the silly word “like” from your demos. Like it’s so annoying. LOL Interesting comparisons though, and useful.