If you’re a shortbread fan, you’ll find a whole plethora of ideas for white chocolate shortbread biscuits (cookies) in this post. They are all delicious and the variations are endless. If you like the idea of lemon, orange, coffee or matcha flavours, we’ve got you covered.
I was really pleased with the chilli white chocolate shortbread snowflakes that I made last month. So I seem to have done nothing else in the last few weeks but make more white chocolate shortbread biscuits based on that recipe.
White Chocolate Shortbread Biscuits
Shortbread is one of the easiest cookie bakes to make. It’s also one of the most delicious. My recipe for white chocolate shortbread requires only a little extra effort. It produces a slightly less crumbly biscuit, but one that is perfect for cutting into shapes.
As well as a mix of wholemeal and plain flour, I’ve used brown rice flour. If you find this difficult to get hold of you can use semolina instead.
I haven’t quite decided what biscuits I shall be making for Christmas this year, but as I’ve ordered some organic oranges, I’m currently in favour of making some orange and cinnamon flavoured ones. By the new year, I suspect I shall be thoroughly fed up with shortbread.
Like their chilli shortbread predecessors, any of the following recipes would look good pierced and hung with ribbon from the Christmas tree. They’d also make lovely Christmas, birthday or thank you gifts.
But don’t think these gorgeous shortbread cookies are only for Christmas. They will be appreciated at any time of year.
Decide if you prefer lemon, orange, coffee or matcha green tea then get your baking gear out and make these white chocolate shortbread biscuits. But don’t feel limited to just these four flavours; the variations are endless. Did I mention my ginger white chocolate shortbread?
Tea and Coffee Shortbread
Recently I baked for a friend’s birthday party. As well as a variety of cakes and tarts, I thought it would be fun to make “after dinner” tea and coffee biscuits.
With 100 guests expected, I made two batches of the biscuits which resulted in 110 in total. To one I added Japanese matcha tea powder. This gives an intriguing tea flavour and a beautiful green colour. And to the other batch I added some ground coffee which gives an interesting speckled look and a mild but definite coffee flavour.
Instead of freshly ground coffee, you could use spent coffee grounds instead. Love food, hate waste.
These white chocolate shortbread biscuits proved to be rather popular, especially, it seemed, for scooping up a very large trifle that someone made for the occasion.
Lemon and Cardamom Shortbread Biscuits
Even more recently, I made over sixty lemon and cardamom biscuits for my last day at work. I can’t quite believe I’ve left after all these years. But the shortbread went down very well.
Orange & Cinnamon Shortbread
In the end I did make a batch of orange & cinnamon white chocolate shortbread biscuits. Sweet, spicy and citrussy, they were just perfect for Christmas. I piled them into bags, tied with a ribbon, labeled and gifted them to various friends. I did manage to snaffle one for myself and it really was most scrumptious.
More Shortbread Recipes You Might Like
You’ve probably guessed by now that shortbread is my absolute favourite biscuit. Just in case you don’t already have enough ideas with these white chocolate shortbread biscuit variations, here are a few more.
- Almond rye shortbread with raspberry whisky cream
- Chocolate cinnamon shortbread
- Chocolate shortbread hearts
- Cocoa nibbed pistachio shortbread
- Fresh flower shortbread cookies
- Grasmere ginger shortbread
- Wholemeal clotted cream shortbread
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White Chocolate Shortbread Recipes. PIN IT.
White Chocolate Shortbread Biscuits – The Recipe
White Chocolate Shortbread Biscuits
Ingredients
Base Recipe
- 50 g white chocolate
- 170 g unsalted butter
- 85 g golden caster sugar (I use cardamom sugar for the lemon cardamom biscuits)
- 175 g plain flour (all purpose flour) (half wholemeal, half white)
- 80 g brown rice flour or semolina
- 1 pinch sea or rock salt (I use pink Himalayan rock salt)
- fine caster sugar for dusting
Matcha Shortbread
- 4 tsp matcha green tea powder
Coffee Shortbread
- 4 tsp ground coffee beans
Lemon & Cardamom
- 1 organic lemon zested
- 3 cardamom pods seeds extracted and ground
Orange & Cinnamon
- 1 organic orange zested
- 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Soften the chocolate in a bowl suspended over a pan of hot, but not boiling water for a few minutes. It doesn’t need to be completely melted. Remove from the heat.50 g white chocolate
- Cube the butter and add to the chocolate to soften.170 g unsalted butter
- Cream the butter, chocolate and sugar together until pale in colour and fluffy in texture.85 g golden caster sugar
- Add the the flours and salt together with the ingredients for your preferred flavour.175 g plain flour (all purpose flour), 80 g brown rice flour, 1 pinch sea or rock salt
- Stir until just incorporated, then form into a ball with your hands. Leave to in a cool place to firm up for half an hour.
- Roll out to about 3mm in thickness and stamp out small shapes to make 50 to 60 biscuits in total.
- Leave in a cool place to firm up for 15 minutes.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 7-8 mins at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) or until just golden.
- Dust with fine caster sugar whilst still hot, then transfer to a wire rack to cool and harden.fine caster sugar
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
Sharing
Well as far as cookies go, these white chocolate shortbread biscuits are fairly Quick and Easy to make. Which makes them eminently suitable for this month’s The Biscuit Barrel with Laura of I’d Much Rather Bake Than … The stamping can be fiddly if you use a small snowflake cutter as I did for the lemon cardamom cookies. But if you use a larger and simpler stamp it doesn’t take very long at all.
As I buy my wholemeal flour locally at Cotehele Mill, I’m entering these very British biscuits into Shop Local at Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary. Cotehele has a traditional water powered mill and grinds local flour with stone.
And as all of my shortbread is made from scratch, I’m sending some of these to Javelin Warrior for his Made with Love Mondays.
I’m also sending my orange & cinnamon shortbread to the Spice Trail over at Bangers & Mash. The chosen spice this month is cinnamon.
Finally, I’m also sharing these flavoured shortbread biscuits with Recipes Made Easy for #CookBlogShare.
Lou | Crumbs and Corkscrews says
I love all these different shortbread flavours; I’m really taken by the matcha and white chocolate ones! I’d never have thought to try them together, but I’m definitely going to try it. Thank you for sharing #CookBlogShare
Choclette says
The matcha and white chocolate combination and me go back a long way Lou. The sweetness and creaminess of the white chocoalte offsets the matcha bitterness.
louise Gunstone says
I love shortbread but had no idea you could use so many different flavours to mix it up. Looking forward to trying a few.
Choclette says
Ooh, the possibilities are endless Louise. Although classic plain shortbread is delicious too.
Jacqui – Recipes Made Easy:Only Crumbs Remain says
I adore shortbread in all its flavours. I must try the one with coffee! Thank you for linking to #CookBlogShare
Choclette says
Shortbread really is the quintessential British biscuit. Well apart from digestives and come to think of it there’s quite a few. We are a biscuit nation.
Uma Srinivas says
Yes, I am a shortbread fan!! You have awesome shortbread collections. Great for parties and potlucks.
Choclette says
Oh what a good idea. I’ve never actually thought of taking shortbread to a potluck, but it’s so popular, it would definitely be a winner.
Ben M says
No. Cookies are not only for Christmas… they are good ALL YEAR ROUND and these white chocolate Shortbread cookies look perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Choclette says
Well that’s very true Ben and we Brits love our shortbread.
Pavani says
Such lovely collection of shortbread cookies. I LOVE making shortbread cookies because they are so easy to put together and taste delicious. I can’t pick which flavor to pick from your yummy options. I love the color of matcha cookies but the orange and cinnamon sounds absolutely intriguing… Pinned for now!! Will think in leisure on what to make first 😉
Choclette says
Thanks Pavani. Shortbread is one of the easiest cookies to make and also the most delicious I reckon.
Rachel Cotterill says
I love shortbread, and you’re right, it’s such a versatile recipe 🙂
prwilson says
Love a nice bit of shortbread.
The Caked Crusader says
What a lovely combination!
Happy Christmas
Javelin Warrior says
So many delicious shortbread options, Choclette! I’m a big fan of any kind of shortbread and love the idea of a white chocolate version…
Baking Addict says
Wow you have been busy churning out shortbreads! The flavour combinations all sound lovely and I can’t wait to see what the orange one is like.
Laura Denman says
White chocolate and shortbread sounds like a winning combination to me =) and I love the number of variations. Thanks for sharing them with the Biscuit Barrel challenge!
Elizabeth says
Mmmm these sound so tempting! Love that they contain wholemeal flour too so they’re a little bit more healthy than they otherwise might have been. Thank you for sharing with #ShopLocal ! 🙂
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
We should all have a base shortbread recipe like this one. I am always going to choose lemon and cardamom no matter what.