The Biscuits on 'Ted Lasso' Are Legendary—& We Got the Recipe (2024)

Shortbread has been one of my signatures for pot lucks, party contirbutions, etc. For over 30 years. My recipe is a 3 ingredient simple one: 4c flour, 1c sugar and 1# butter, sometimes 1/2 t salt. I've found the quality of the butter is critical and nothing works as well as the 1# blocks of Plugra butter. The 1/2# Plugra is different. I've tried many differrtn butters from other countries as well but the 1# brick is the best solution. My professional pastry and kitchen chefs agree. I do not chill the dough, mix it with a knife blade in a food processor in two half-batches and press it into a ~9 x 13 glass pan, bake at 350 for browner, lower temp to make it more cake-like. This is not as tall as Ted's--could use a smaller pan if you want it taller.

They are a classic shortbread - and identical to the recipe I got from my late MIL. I love shortbread.

Recipe is almost perfect. I make mine exactly like this, but add 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp almond extract. Two more layers of subtle flavor that make the biscuits sing.

So a dear friend loaned me one of those lovely wooden embossing (I think that’s the right word 🤦🏻‍♀️) rolling pins. Could I use it with this recipe after the dough was chilled. I was thinking I could press it onto parchment in the pan with enough of an overhang to lift it out once chilled, roll it a bit then fit it back into the pan without the paper. Am I nuts??

Your recipe doesn't include vanilla but the Tik Tok video mentioned in the article shows 1 tsp of vanilla added. What is correct?

In the 1800's, Queen Victoria was served Scottish Shortbread in Scotland that had an egg in the recipe. Recipes change over generations to include or exclude different ingredients. Please make a recipe according to how you like it and don't slavishly copy a recipe because someone tells you that THIS recipe is the only one, the be all and the end all. I am nearing 78 next month, have studied food chemistry when young and have made studying food in general a life long passion ever since. Add coloured sprinkles if you like; add vanilla if you like; add an egg if you like; use fruit sugar; use icing sugar; use rice flour; use corn starch; use chocolate chips; use silver dragees. But please don't become a recipe nazi. Food is meant to be enjoyed first and foremost!

KB October 21, 2022

Calm down, people. It is just a Plain Shortbread recipe. The same recipe and same way they have been making it for ages now. What's wrong with people raising all the hells for usual stuff nowadays?!

Will you PLEASE edit the favorites pull-down menu so I can save to
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Paula January 3, 2022

If you think you don't like shortbread, you didn't have enough salt. The salt is what brings out the flavor of the butter. Don't skimp. (I actually use salted butter, which contains a lot more salt than this recipe.)

Hello people: Shortbread never should have or should have, vanilla. Sugar cookies and butter cookies have vanilla and egg yolk. Shortbread’s flavor is from flour, butter and just enough sugar. This recipe is perfect as is. I cut before baking and again out of the oven as it creates crisp straight edges.

Personally I like a little honey on top instead of sugar, like Churches does. Probably heat the honey with a little butter and brush on while still hot from oven.

ka October 21, 2021

Sooo, if these aren’t the best you ever tasted, which ones are?

ellen October 21, 2021

So, if you bake by volume, it's 2 parts flour, 1 part butter, and powdered sugar to your taste (1/4 - 3/4 part - I go with the least), plus a pinch of salt and a tsp vanilla (if you wish). Variation: replace some of the flour with ground almonds and press sliced almonds into the top before baking

When chilling the dough, is it chilled in the pan that will be placed into the oven? Or should I flatten the dough and then remove it from the pan for refrigeration? I've always used a non-cold pan for baking. Should the dough and pan be brought to room temperature prior to being placed in the oven?

Ted Lasso may be a grown-up version of a sit-com but everything about it defies the label. The writing. The freshness. The comedic timing and talent of these actors. On my second pass through two seasons, it's lucky I'm seated on a sofa; I might just laugh my ass off. We can't miss the irony that Apple, the company that might actually make the planet spin faster one day, produced this heart-warming gem, almost retro in its sincerity. "Releasing" the biscuit recipe is pure genius PR. Feta Pasta made Finland run out of the cheese. Will the world now run out of butter?

Felis October 14, 2021

But Hannah said the biscuits were awful… 🤣

Thank you for this recipe and all the funny comments about the show which I love! Who wouldn't love Ted Lasso?! My mouth was truly watering each time Rebecca literally shoved a biscuit in her mouth. Can't wait to try the recipe and even use some of the suggestions.

The recipe starts with pre-heating the oven. However, the dough needs to be refrigerated for 30 min. Would it be more energy efficient to pre-heat the oven while the dough is in the fridge?

I haven’t made these ones yet, but I grew up in Canada eating British shortbread and the list of ingredients is indeed accurate. Good butter is key. Extra typically sweetening ingredients are North American additions to make shortbread into a “cookie” which it is most definitely not. It may be underwhelming to our palate but the taste of good butter will shine through. Enjoy. I’ll be making these for the next family gathering.

Hands down the best shortbread!