Don’t worry: I won’t spoil Ted Lasso season 2 because I haven’t seen it myself yet.
However, I did enjoy season 1 enough that I wrote a blog post about it. In fact, I think Ted Lasso might have been contributed to setting this goal: if Coach Lasso could find time to bake and make it a delight, I could, too.
A few weeks ago, Julie linked me to the official Ted Lasso Biscuit (AKA shortbread) recipe. The Kitchn pretty much has all of the preamble I would do, so let’s get to baking.
Step 1: gather the ingredients, which is mostly a lot of butter
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While the mixer was going, I greased my pan. I got this square metal pan from my mom, and by the looks of it, I suspect she has had it for awhile as well. I usually prefer to use my Pyrex glass baking pans, but this recipe called for metal.
I also used my mom’s trick of keeping the butter wrappers and using that to grease the pan. It wastes less, cleans up easily, and works perfectly.
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With only four ingredients, the recipe is quite easy. I let the butter beat for awhile.
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Then basically just added everything else. I think this picture is after I had incorporated the powdered sugar but before I had mixed in the flour sitting on top.
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The dough was quite crumbly, but I did my best to spread it evenly into the pan. The pan then goes into the fridge to chill while preheating the oven.
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The recipe called for scoring the pieces, but I completely missed that step. Instead, I baked, then pulled it out to cool for awhile, then checked the recipe. That’s when I realized I was about a half hour late, but it cut cleanly anyways.
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Overall, I thought the recipe was fine. I might have baked it a little too dry, but otherwise, the flavor was fine. I don’t think it jumped out as being the best shortbread I have had, but that’s what I get for believing a fictional TV show.
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If you want to live the life of a TV character, you can find the recipe on The Kitchn