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  • Makes 36
  • 30 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 6 Ingredients

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this is from the women's weekly beautiful biscuits and slices cookbook that we have had in our family for years and years, and it is always a winner!


Ingredients (makes 36 slices)

  • 250 grams butter
  • 1/3 cup icing sugar
  • 1/3 cup cornflour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/3 cups plain flour

Method

  1. Melt butter, allow to cool slightly
  2. Sift icing sugar and cornflour into bowl, add sugar
  3. Add butter and vanilla, beat mixture until thick and creamy.Add sifted flour, mix well
  4. Press mixture into 18 cm x 28 cm (7in x 11in) baking pan (lamington tin in AUS), smooth over with a spatula; mark into fingers with sharp knife.
  5. Prick each finger decoratively with a fork. I also sprinkle extra sugar over the top
  6. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes or until light golden. Cut whilst still warm!

  • I LOVE the Women’s Weekly Beautiful Biscuits book! My mum had that growing up and I liked it so much I acquired my own copy. Whenever I want to make a biscuit that is the first place I look. This recipe looks simply melt in the mouth delicious! Shortbread is great all year round!

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  • My husband would love this Melt and mix shortbread.

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  • A lovely recipe – will be great to make for gifts.

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  • I used to have a microwave recipe for shortbread that I cooked all the time til I lost the recipe :(

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  • oh yum, would make a great gift for my girls teachers this year :) Thanks for sharing your recipe :)

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  • Such a lovely yet simple recipe – thanks for sharing.

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  • A lovely shortbread recipe,thanks so much!

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  • Classic recipe- would be delicious!

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  • So simple and this is something the family would love; thanks!.

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  • This looks really very good! A really nice recipe!

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  • These look delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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  • Thanx for sharing this yummy recepie

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  • Thanks for a quick and easy recipe.

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  • Thanks for sharing this recipe; this shortbread looks good. Will be making and tasting this shortbread.

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  • also thanks for posting this

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  • this is a great recipe and it just looks so yummy

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  • Shortbread the kids will love this

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  • oh got to try this they look great thanks

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  • I will have to check my recipe, I think this might be very much the same.

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  • Really good shortbread just screams Christmas to me

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