Rich Shortbreads

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g butter, no substitutes (8 oz)
• 4 tablespoons icing sugar (16 teaspoons confectioners or powdered sugar)
• 1 cup cornflour (cornstarch)
• 3/4 cup plain flour (all-purpose flour)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 have butter at room temperature.
• 2 preheat oven to 180°c / 360°f.
• 3 cream the butter with sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 add the sifted flour and cornflour.
• 5 mix in vanilla and beat until smooth.
• 6 place the mixture into a large piping bag with a 1/2inch star tube nozzle attached.
• 7 pipe into 5cm/2 inch long shapes onto lighly greased oven trays.
• 8 bake 12 to 15 minutes , or until pale brown.
• 9 cool on trays for 5 mintues and then place on wire racks until fully cooled.