Shortbread-  Turn the frown upside down with a delicious shortbread treat.

Ingredients:

125g Plain Flour

60g Cornflour

½ tsp of vanilla essence

125g unsalted Butter (softened)

60g of Caster Sugar

Sprinkle of caster sugar for decoration ♥

Method ( Miss what do I do?) 

• Preheat the oven at 160°c/ 325 F°/ Gas Mark 3.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and smooth using  an electric mixer or wooden spoon if you need to extend your study break a little bit longer.
• Sieve the flour and the cornflour and mix with a wooden spoon until you form a dough.
• Gather the mixture together with your hands.
• Dust some flour onto your clean work surface and press it out using your fingertips until approximately 1.5 cm thick.
• Dust your cookie cutter with flour and cut out the dough into individual shortbread biscuits
• Spread them evenly on a lined baking sheet with parchment paper!
• Place the baking sheet into the fridge for a while, roughly 20 minutes to cool.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven 160°C/325°F/Gas 3 for about 20 minutes or until a light golden brown colour.
• Allow to cool in the baking tin for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle a little bit of caster sugar on top then transfer your biscuits to a wire rack to cool.
• As soon as shortbread is cold, store in an airtight tin.
• Put on the kettle and make the tea!