Tuesday, May 1, 2012

TWD BWJ - Hungarian Shortbread

Is anyone else amazed that it's May already?? Can't believe how fast this year is going by. 

I also can't believe how much butter was in this Hungarian Shortbread so I made just 1/4 of the recipe! Luckily for me it was easy to do with full cups of ingredients and 4 egg yolks to start with so no messy calculations. My 1/4 batch fit perfectly into an 6" square pan and baked in 30 minutes.

Given that I forgot what day it was there was no way I could make rhubarb jam though it sounds fantastic and is now on my 'to-do' list. I used about 1/3 cup of my favourite English breakfast marmalade and was really happy with how it turned out.

The taste test ...


 I absolutely loved this one! The shortbread was crisp around the edges, moist and chewy in the middle and offset perfectly by the tartness in the marmalade, so I think it was a great substitute for the rhubarb jam. I cut 16 little squares and froze most of them, but not before having a few with a cup of tea. Just wonderful!

While it tasted amazing I think my favourite part of this recipe was freezing and then grating the dough into the pan. It worked brilliantly and gave a fantastic result.

I will definitely be making this again and playing with different flavours. 

Lynette of 1 Small Kitchen and Cher from The Not So Exciting Adventures of a Dabbler will have the recipe up for Hungarian Shortbread on their blogs under today's date. Enjoy!

25 comments:

  1. That looks fantastic. I am waiting on my kiddos to unload the dishwasher right now so I can get started! :)

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  2. I wish I had made the rhubarb jam. Love rhubarb! Instead I made a cranberry jam to use up some to the 5 bags I have in the freezer. Next time!

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  3. We enjoyed these & I agree - they'd make a great foundation for lots of different flavors.

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  4. English breakfast marmalade sounds fantastic! I haven't tried mine with tea yet. I'm not sure how well the rhubarb jam will go it. I guess we will see. :D

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  5. I agree....as long as the substitution is tart... you are good to go!! I almost used marmalade but went with a plum conserve!! And yes this year has gone by way too fast..Yikes!!! :)

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  6. marmalade does sound good with it! it looks lovely!

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  7. Your shortcake looks delicious.
    I loved it, and though I'd reduced the butter by 1/3 it still was great!
    Thank you for baking along.

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  8. Looks delicious! I'm going to have to put mine in the freezer too!

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  9. I used raspberry jam. Your squares look lovely!

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  10. Such self-restraint. :) They look beautiful!

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  11. the freezing and grating was fun for most of us and new for most as well :) glad you enjoyed it! Mine was fairly sticky to grate... ugh! :(

    Alice @ http://acookingmizer.wordpress.com

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  12. The full recipe does make a lot, but it is really yummy. The marmalade sounds delish.

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  13. Your shortbread looks lovely. Eventhough I have teenagers in the house, I think it was overkill to make the whole recipe.

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  14. Yes, I ate mine with ht tea and it was amazing. I too skipped making the rhubarb, I used jarred preserves :)

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  15. These look great - I am enjoying all the different fillings that everyone is coming up with this week!

    Great week

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  16. Your shortbread looks simply beautiful! English Breakfast Marmalade sounds wonderful!

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  17. I should be smart like you & halve or quarter these recipes but I never do. Your shortbread looks delicious!

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  18. I loved the grating bit too!
    English marmalade sounds fantastic!

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  19. Marmalade sounds great. The recipe really needs the tart filling. I think this is my favorite TWD-BWJ recipe so far.

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  20. Susan, I liked these also and am going to play around with them myself as I think Hungarian Shortbread bars would be perfect on my Christmas cookie platters. I'd like to cut the sugar and butter and will work on that. Also, I thought I'd try a homemade tart cherry preserves filling. More festive. I quickly stashed most of my bars in the freezer in anticipation of my granddaughters 9th birthday next week. Love the names of your two little boys.

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  21. Looks perfectly made! Nice pictures too :)

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  22. I liked grating the dough too. Your bars look delicious.

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  23. Lovely post. Nice baking with you! Catherine www.praycookblog.com

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  24. I think tartness is key for the filling - your marmalade sounds perfect. We loved, loved, loved this square. My nieces are already wanting to make it again.

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