I made Nigella Lawson's and Paul Hollywood's shortbread
Shortbread is a crisp and crumbly butter biscuit that pairs perfectly well with a cup of tea. The centuries-old sweet treat is famously Scottish but now much-loved around the world.
TL;DR
- Paul Hollywood's shortbread recipe uses basic ingredients plus cornflour, involves creaming butter and sugar, then adding dry ingredients, and is shaped into triangles.
- Hollywood's shortbread was buttery and crisp but lacked some crumbliness.
- Nigella Lawson's shortbread recipe includes icing sugar, cornflour, butter, and vanilla seeds, processed together and pressed into a tin, then cut into fingers.
- Lawson's shortbread was sweeter, intensely vanilla-flavored, incredibly crumbly, and melted in the mouth.
- Nigella Lawson's recipe was deemed easier and resulted in a better overall shortbread compared to Paul Hollywood's.