Pixar’s Brave: Empire Biscuits

Brave: Empire Biscuits

There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it.

Brave

The Scottish Empire Biscuit go by a few different names but they are essentially two shortbread cookies with jam in the center with white icing on top and a glace cherry to finish.  I first saw these biscuits in Pixar’s Brave when Merida’s brothers, Harris, Hubert, and Hamish feasted on them at the dinner table.  After a few searches online, I found out that they were actually Empire biscuits.  These tasty treats are quite sweet so you can make them a bit smaller than I did.

Pixar's Brave: Empire Biscuits

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Pixar's Brave: Empire Biscuits Recipe

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Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

• 5.5 oz / 160g unsalted butter softened
• 12.5 oz / 360g all purpose flour sifted
• pinch of salt
• 6.5 oz / 190g granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup / 4oz / 112g - powdered sugar sifted
• 3 tbsp milk
• 4 glace cherries
• strawberry or raspberry jam

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In a stand mixer bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, combine softened butter and sugar. Mix until light in color. Add the sifted flour in two to three additions while scraping in between each addition.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll the dough out to 1/4" thick and cut out with a 3" round cookie cutters.
• Transfer the circles to a sheetpan lined with parchment or a silpat and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Bake the shortbread for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Let the shortbread cool on a cooling rack before decorating.
• Combine your sifted powdered sugar and milk together. Whisk until smooth. Glaze half of the cookies with the icing. I left about a 1/4" border on the cookie.
• Cut the glace cherries in half and place one in the center of the iced cookie immediately before it dries. Top the other cookies with jam and sandwich it with the iced cookie on top.