HI Mayfair Mafia. How decadent.

HI Red. I hope you enjoy it like I did.

HI Lady Mayhem. I hope you enjoy it.

HI Spiderbirdie. That would be nice.

Hi Mary, thanks very much. You are most welcome.

Hi Janet. Thanks very much. I do hope you like the shortbread when you make it. Have a great week yourself.

HI Henrietta. Yes thanks, I spent Sunday making puff pasatry. The shortbread tasted great.

HI Julie-Joy. I hope you enjoy it when you make the chocolate shortbread. You are correct, it sliced very well.

Hi Andrea Allum. Thanks very much. I hope you enjoy them when you make some.

HI Karen. I hadn't heard of it either, I just thought that it might be nice to try it, taking out some flour and replacing it with cocoa powder.

HI Wendy. I hadn't seen or heard of it, but thought I would give it a try and I must say I enjoyed it.

@@geoffsbakingblog It does sound rather delicious.

Oh yes, a nice glass of water would also be very welcome.

Hi Pete. I hope you enjoy it if you do make it.

@@geoffsbakingblog Hi again, Geoff. I'm making this tomorrow. Any idea how long it would keep in an airtight metal biscuit tin? Thanks for your advice. Best as always, Pete A :) :) :)

@@wurlitzer895 It should keep for about a week in an airtight container. You can also freeze some if it needs to be kept longer.

HI Claire. Thanks. This recipe is based on my favourite shortbread recipe which you can see here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs93a9amyODdcac.html

HI Karen. It was an 8 inch/20cm tin.

HI Jonathan. Semolina or ground rice helps to create a more crunchy shortbread as they have a different texture. However using more flour or cocoa powder will still work very well.

@@geoffsbakingblog thanks, that's good to know. I like to play around with ingredients and know what they do so I can tailor recipes to what I want to produce. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Hi Priya wije. You can read about food processors here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_processor

HI Swamper60. Are you using a computer or a phone/tablet to play the video. If using a computer try a different browser. If using a mobile device do you use the KZfaq app, or a browser? Again try playing it in a browser. I just tested on my phone and tablet. If I use the youtube app it doesn't play but if i use a browser, Chrome/Safari etc it plays. Also if I go to my blog, on mobile, and click to play from the blog it plays. I am guessing it is something to do with KZfaq, or I am hoping it is, and will get fixed soon. Update: I contacted KZfaq and the person I chatted with tried to play the video using the mobile youtube app on Android and IOS devices and he reported that it played fine. It doesn't play on my IOS devices. I have unistalled the youtube app, restarted the phone and tablet and installed again and still it doesn't play.

Hi, I also had the same problem when the video was freshly posted, like 14 minutes after releasing, it seemed to be loading and freezing at the beginning. But it plays just fine now. I guess it was just some sort of issue going on with youtube.😃

@@bloomy4481 yes, I can now play it as well. I thought it was strange that I could go to any other video & it would work. Thanks for the confirmation 👍🏻

@@geoffsbakingblog thank you for checking on that, Geoff, it is now playing fine for me.

@@wtglb I think the issue was on KZfaq. Although the video was playing fine on my computer it was showing as 'HD Processing' for hours. As soon as that 'processing' disappeared the video played fine on my mobile devices.

HI Karen. Yes, at 150C, rather than the 180C most shortbread is baked at.