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Recipe Ingredient
- 155g butter
- 110g castor sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 3/4 tsp coffee essence
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- Sifted
- 200g plain flour
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 50g ground almonds
- 20g almond flakes, for decoration
Instructions
- Lightly grease two baking trays. Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Beat in coffee and vanilla essence and milk, then stir in sifted flour, rice flour, cocoa powder and ground almonds. Blend until mixture is just beginning to bind together.
- Remove the lumpy mixture with your hands to form a soft dough.
- Divide dough equally into two round portions. Flatten lightly with a rolling pin.
- Transfer the round to a baking tray. Press out the edges with your thumb into a fluted edge.
- Prick the shortbread all over with a fork. Lightly cut the surface with a knife into 12 wedges.
- Sprinkle lightly with some flaked almonds. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
