Name: Our Shortbread Sandwich Stars will light up the Christmas table
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 185g butter, softened; ½ cup icing sugar mixture, plus extra to dust; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1¼ cups plain flour; ½ cup rice flour; FILLING; 200g (about 1 cup) white choc melts; ⅓ cup thickened cream

Our Shortbread Sandwich Stars will light up the Christmas table

Sweet and buttery, we think Santa would like one or two of these!

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Makes 18

Prep

Cook

10M

Resting

45M

Total

1H 10M

TIP – Filled biscuits will keep for one week in an airtight container.

Refrigerate in hot weather.

Ingredients

185g butter, softened

½ cup icing sugar mixture, plus extra to dust

2 tsp vanilla extract

1¼ cups plain flour

½ cup rice flour

FILLING

200g (about 1 cup) white choc melts

⅓ cup thickened cream

Method

Step 1

Grease two large oven trays and line with baking paper.

Step 2

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in small bowl of an electric mixer until light and creamy. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in sifted flours in two batches to form a soft dough.

Step 3

Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface. Knead briefly until smooth. Divide dough in half. Cover. Refrigerate for 30 mins.

Step 4

Roll out each portion of dough between two sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick. Using a 7cm star cookie cutter, cut out shapes from dough, re-rolling dough as necessary. Arrange on prepared trays, 3cm apart.

Step 5

Cook in a 160°C preheated oven for 10-12 mins, or until lightly golden around edges. Remove. Cool on trays.

Step 6

For the Filling, combine chocolate and cream in heatproof bowl. Sit bowl over pan of simmering water. Stir until chocolate is just melted (or microwave on Medium in 30 sec bursts for 1-2 mins, stirring until smooth). Refrigerate for about 15 mins, stirring occasionally, until thickened and spreadable. Stand at room temperature until required.

Step 7

Sandwich biscuits together with 1 heaped tsp filling.

Step 8

Serve dusted with extra sifted icing sugar.

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