Short Bread

Short Bread

 Ingredients: 

• 185g butter 
  
• 90g icing sugar 
  

•  2ml vanilla extract 
  
• 185g cake flour 
  
• 90g corn flour 
• 2ml salt 

 Method:

• Firstly preheat oven to 160C 
  
• Place butter into mixer with whisk attachment and mix till soft 
  
• Sift icing sugar to remove any lumps then slowly add to butter and mix till pale 
  
• Add vanilla extract 
  
• Sift all dry ingredients and then add to mixture and mix till dough is formed 
  
• Spray tin and place silicon paper on the bottom of pan, now bring dough together and place into tin compressing it into the tin about 3 cm thick 
•  Once level, use a fork and dock the dough every 1 cm increments
  
•  Place in the middle level of oven and bake for 30 minutes 
  
•  Remove and dust with icing sugar 

 Glossary:

• Docking: Piercing the dough with a sharp spike(fork) or using a docking device 

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