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Spanish Shortbread

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Spanish Shortbread

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Ingredients

  • 225g plain flour
  • 50g ground almonds
  • 175g icing sugar, sifted
  • 225g butter, softened
  • 1 tbsp brandy
  • 25 whole blanched almonds or natural cashews (optional)
  • icing sugar, to dust
Serves: 5 Preparation: 30 Cook Time: 45 Total Time: 75min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Place the flour in a large frying pan and dry-fry over a medium heat, stirring all the time, until pale brown. Transfer to a large bowl and leave to go cold.
  2. Preheat the oven to //gas mark Stir the ground almonds and sugar into the flour then work in the butter and brandy to give a firm dough.
  3. Roll out between sheets of baking paper to a thickness of m/n. Stamp out m/n rounds, re-rolling dough as necessary.
  4. Place the rounds on baking sheets spaced well apart and press a nut into each one if wished. Cook in the centre of the oven for - minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack and dust with icing sugar if wished. Store in an airtight container until you wrap them.

 

Source: Tesco

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