Swiss Mountain Shortbread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whip butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, and flour. Beat on low for one minute, then on high for 3 to 4 minutes. Drop cookies by spoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Watch that the edges don't brown too much. Cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Line a baking sheet with greaseproof (parchment) paper. Sift the flour and rice flour into a medium mixing bowl. Add the sugar and mix.
• Cut butter into pieces and rub into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture begins to bind together. Knead into soft dough.
• Roll the dough into an 8 inch round (or for exact round, mold it in an 8 inch cake pan). Place on baking sheet. Using a fork, prick top and make tine marks along edge. Using a table knife, score top with wedge marks. (This is where it will break when cooled)
• Bake 45 minutes or until pale golden in color. Sprinkle a little superfine sugar over top and cool on baking sheet. Cut into wedges. Keeps for weeks in airtight tin.

Steps:

• In a food processor or large bowl, beat butter until very light.Gradually beat in fruit sugar and continue to beat until sugaris dissolved, about 5 min.
• In a bowl, sift together both flours. Stir into butter mixture and combine well.
• Save about 50 of the biggest chunks of Toblerone (1/2 inch)and mix the rest into the batter just until combined
• Arrange mounds of batter (about 2 tbsp each)on parchment-lined baking sheets. Press a chunk of chocolate into each cookie.

Steps:

• Beat butter til very light. Gradually beat in sugar and continue beating til sugar is dissolved. Sift the two flours together and mix well. Stir into butter mixture and knead well. Save about 50 of the larger pieces of chocolate for the top and stir smaller pieces and "shavings" into the dough. Arrange mounds of batter on parchment-lined cookie sheets and press one of the reserved chunks of chocolate into each. Bake in preheated 325 oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or just until lightly browned. Cool on racks. Dust cool cookies with icing sugar.