Sumptuous Shortbread

  • 60
Time

Benefits
  • Bring Joy
  • Time Together

Participants
  • Group Activity

What you need

  1. 125g butter
  2. 55g caster sugar
  3. 180g plain flour
  4. Bowl
  5. Wooden spoon
  6. Rolling pin
  7. Round biscuit cutter or knife
  8. Baking tray
  9. Sugar for sprinkling

Intro

Baking is a wonderful reminiscence activity, as the familiar scents and tastes can evoke happy memories from the past. Residents can roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, or simply watch. Either way, everyone will enjoy the result… delicious crumbly, buttery shortbread!

Enjoy baking this quick and easy recipe in the morning, then eating the fresh shortbread with afternoon tea. Or why not make it for celebrations like St Andrew’s Day or Burns Night?

This recipe makes about 20 biscuits, so double the recipe if you want 40. Nom, nom.

The Activity

  1. Divide the ingredients in half so that 2 groups can bake at the same time
  2. Preheat the oven to 190°C
  3. Give each group a bowl and lay out the ingredients in the order you’ll use them
  4. Get one person to beat the butter and sugar until smooth (or take it in turns)
  5. Ask another person to add the flour slowly while someone else mixes
  6. Mix together into a smooth paste
  7. Roll the dough about 1cm thick
  8. Cut out shapes using a cutter, or knife and cut into fingers about 8cm x 2cm
  9. Place them on a baking tray, sprinkle with sugar and place in the fridge to cool for 20 minutes
  10. Transfer to the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown
  11. While the shortbread is baking, reminisce/discuss everyone’s life at home when they were a child and their memories of baking
  12. Let the biscuits cool before enjoying with a cuppa
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