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Toasted Pecan Nut Shortbread

Makes
8
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Total
1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Step 1:

    Preheat oven to 150°C. Grease a 20cm square cake tin.

  2. Step 2:

    Place nuts into a dry frying pan and place onto medium heat. Allow to toast until you can smell the nuts, careful not to burn them. Remove from heat and chop finely.

  3. Step 3:

    Beat butter and sugar until light.

  4. Step 4:

    Add flour, cornflour and nuts and bring together, it will look very crumbly.

  5. Step 5:

    Turn out into the cake tin and press dough into the tin.

  6. Step 6:

    Score the dough into narrow bars. Prick with a fork.

  7. Step 7:

    Bake for until lightly brown around the edges of the tin.

  8. Step 8:

    Dust with extra castor sugar while still hot.

  9. Step 9:

    Allow to cool in the tin completely before removing from the tin and cutting into narrow bars.

  10. Step 10:

    Store in an airtight container.