Walnut short bread


Walnut short bread
Those little biscuits are with good walnut taste, because walnut are shortly roasted before powdered, it's very simple and efficient.
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Last modified on: December 5th 2022
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Resting: 2 hours
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 3 hours 1 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 1
Start by roast 125 g walnut kernels: put on a baking sheet and put in the oven at 300°F (150°C) for 10 minutes.

Walnut should dry without coloring.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 2
Let cool, then mix to get a powder.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 3
In a food processor bowl, pour 125 g butter and 125 g icing sugar, start at low speed and kneed until homogeneous mixture.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 4
Add 250 g flour, nuts powder and 1 egg, and continue to kneed until homogeneous mixture.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 5
Make a kind of ball with the dough.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 hours
Walnut short bread : Stage 6
And put it between 2 plastic film sheets to make a kind of thick circle.

Put in the fridge for at least 2 hours or a night, otherwise 30 minutes in the freezer.

We do that because dough is very very soft at ambient temperature.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 10 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 7
Preheat your oven at 360°F (180°C).

Spread the dough, not too thin, on the working surface, and cut in circles...

Stage 8
Walnut short bread : Stage 8
...that you lay on a baking sheet.

Stage 9
Walnut short bread : Stage 9
You can also make square shapes using a roll.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 25 min.
Walnut short bread : Stage 10
Put in the oven and make cook for about 25 minutes, watch for color because short bread should not be too cooked otherwise they are dry.

Let cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
You can make this recipe with almonds, hazelnut or other dry fruits of your choice
Keeping: A few days in a closed metal box.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe50 RDI=10 %330 RDI=20 %190 RDI=20 %3,200 RDI=120 %13,400 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g7 RDI=2 %50 RDI=3 %30 RDI=3 %470 RDI=20 %1,980 RDI: 20 %
Per biscuits1 RDI=0 %8 RDI=1 %4 RDI=1 %80 RDI=3 %340 RDI: 3 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,700 k-calories (or 11,300 k-joules) per day for a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, milk, Gluten, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 40 biscuits : 4.35 €
  • Per biscuits : 0.15 €

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