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Shortbread biscuits

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Total time: 1 hr 5 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 15 min • Serves: 32 • Difficulty: Easy

These pretty shortbread ‘petticoat tails’ make a lovely centrepiece for an afternoon tea with friends.

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Ingredients

Low Fat Spread

175 g

Caster Sugar

75 g

Egg, whole, raw

1 medium, raw

Plain White Flour

310 g

Baking powder

1 teaspoon(s), level

Instructions

1

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the low-fat spread and sugar using a hand-held electric whisk or wooden spoon, then beat in the egg. Sift in the flour and the baking powder and combine until you have a stiff dough. Using your hands, press together into a ball, then wrap in clingfilm and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up.

2

Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas mark 5.

3

Cut the dough in half. Put a piece of baking paper onto your work surface and dust with a little flour, then roll out one portion of the dough into a 22cm round on the baking paper. Using a fork, pierce the dough to mark out 16 equal segments – it helps if you mark it out in quarters first, then mark out each quarter into 4 more segments. Crimp the edge of the pastry round with your fingers, then lift the baking paper and dough onto a baking sheet.

4

Repeat with the remaining dough and place on a second baking sheet, then bake both rounds for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Cut into segments to serve.

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