Shortbread

Ingredients

• 250g butter
• ⅓ cup icing sugar plus extra for dusting 
• ⅓ cup corn flour plus extra for dusting 
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2⅓ cups plain flour

 Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2. Melt the butter over low heat and let it cool slightly.
3. Sift icing sugar and corn flour into a bowl, then add sugar.
4. Add the melted butter and vanilla to the dry ingredients and beat the mixture until it becomes thick and creamy.
5. Mix in the sifted flour until well combined.
6. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1cm and cut out desired shapes. Re-roll any leftover dough and continue cutting shapes.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 25 minutes or until the cookies are golden.
8. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on a cooling rack.
9. Once cooled, dust the cookies with a mixture of equal parts icing sugar and corn flour.