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Ingredients

  • 250 g butter
  • 1/3 cup icing sugar (U.S confectioner's sugar)
  • 1/3 cup cornflour (U.S corn starch)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/3 cups plain flour

Method

  • Melt butter over low heat, allow to cool slightly.
  • Sift icing sugar and cornflour into bowl, add sugar.
  • Add butterand vanilla, beat mixture until thick and creamy.Add sifted flour, mix well.
  • Press mixture into 18 cm x 28 cm (7in x 11in) baking pan (lamington tin in AUS), smooth over with a spatula; mark into fingers with sharp knife.
  • Prick each finger decoratively with a fork.
  • Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes or until light golden.
  • Cut into fingers while still warm. Cool in tin.
  • BEST SHORTBREAD EVA! :D.