Shortbread
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: Approximately 60 minutes
Serves: 40
A classic recipe – make a big batch and keep for an anytime snack.
Ingredients
420g Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour
180g Snowflake Cornflour
195g icing sugar
2ml salt
500g cold butter or margarine
45ml castor sugar for sprinkling
Method
- Sift the flours, icing sugar and salt together. Cut butter into small cubes and rub in with fingertips until mixture forms a soft dough.
- Press dough into a greased 23x32cm Swiss roll pan and prick the surface all over with a fork.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 150°C for 45 mins. Reduce to 140°C and bake further for about 20 mins.
- Remove from oven and cut into fingers or wedges. Sprinkle with castor sugar and allow to cool completely in the pan.
