- 1kg flour
- 800g soft butter
- 400g icing sugar
- 8 egg yolks
- cream together butter and sugar until just combined.
- Fold in the egg yolks.
- Add flour until just combined.
- Form into a ball and chill for 2 hours.
- Roll out to 2mm thick and cut as desired.
- Bake at 180oc for 7-8mins half fan
shortbread

peter Jackson
14th December 2011
shortbread
cream together butter and sugar until just combined.
Fold in the egg yolks.
Add flour until just c...
Ingredients
Method
cream together butter and sugar until just combined.
Fold in the egg yolks.
Add flour until just combined.
Form into a ball and chill for 2 hours.
Roll out to 2mm thick and cut as desired.
Bake at 180oc for 7-8mins half fan
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