If you’re in need of a sweet treat, then shortbread is probably the easiest and quickest thing you can make. The name shortbread comes from the amount of butter you use and the bread part from the original 12^th century use of leftover bread dough in the recipe. Thankfully, now with just three ingredients it’s probably one of the easiest recipes to make.

Ingredients
4oz of unsalted butter cut into small cubes
2oz golden caster sugar plus extra for dusting
6oz plain flour

Preheat the oven to 150C and grease and line a 20cm tin.

Beat the sugar and butter together until smooth.

Stir in the flour until it becomes first, you will need to get your hands in as it firms up.

Press into the tin, score across to form the pieces and then prod with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.

Alternatively, shape into fingers or biscuits.

Bake for about 20 minutes or until the shortbread starts to go golden brown, the inside should look pale still, remove from the oven and allow to sit for about 15 minutes. The shortbread will firm up.

You can also sprinkle chocolate chips over the top.