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Shortbread

Method

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking:  20 minutes

Servings:  18 biscuits or 31 Stars

Ingredients:

 200g Butter perfect for Cakes

 100g Sugar

300g  Plain Flour

1. Preheat Oven to 160C Fan.

Line baking tray with baking parchment

160C Fan

2. Mix the butter and the sugar together using an electric hand mixer.

3. Gently mix in the flour until completely incorporated (try not to work the flour too much or the biscuits will not be so crumbly). Using your hands, squeeze the mixture together into a ball of dough.

160C Fan

(15-20 minutes)

4. Gently roll the dough out to about 5mm/¼in thick (dust the work surface with a little flour if the dough sticks). Cut into shapes using a biscuit cutter.

Transfer biscuits onto baking tray, Sprinkle each with pinch of sugar. Bake for 15-20mins or until golden.

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