Recent content by ashleen11

Hi everyone, I am planning on baking butter tarts, but rather than buy the pre-made tart shells, I would rather make them from scratch. Having only made tart shells once before, however, I have a few concerns. I am currently living in France and was told here that for mini-tarts, I should use a...

Yes, the heart shaped shortbread cookies were cut out of rolled dough and baked just like sugar cookies. I've also seen many other recipes that say to do the same thing, but mine never look as pretty as the ones in the pictures... like i said though, I may just be too much of a perfectionist! :)

Hi Everyone, Thanks again for all your replies. I tried the shortbread again today (did some experimenting with different baking times and temperatures) and they were delicious. Still a little lumpy (I am maybe being too much of a perfectionist) but I think I will just have to live with them...

Thanks everyone for your advice! Has anyone ever tried baking shortbread at 400 F for a short amount of time as apposed to a slower,lower temp bake?

Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone has advice on how to prevent my rolled cookies from puffing unevenly or spreading too much. I have succeeded in making my sugar cookies nice and smooth by chilling dough, using parchment paper for rolling out dough (so that i don't add any extra flour) and...