Almond Shortbread

These shortbread biscuits are made at the suggestion of my good friend Danielle (www.greyeyesblueskies.blogspot.com) and were great to celebrate the end of my Jan exams! :D These were delicious but just needed a tad more sugar to the original recipe (which I have now added). I hope you enjoy their melt-in-the-mouth texture as much as I did!

Makes 15
Ingredients:
150g plain flour
150g butter
75g cornflour
100g caster sugar
1 tsp almond essence
handful of flaked almonds

Method:
Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees

1. Either in a food processor or with a wooden spoon, combine the flour, butter, cornflour, caster sugar and almond essence until it forms a strong dough (about 3 mins)
2. Place into a lined medium square baking tray and flatten to fill out the tray
3. Sprinkle the flaked almonds evenly on top and prick the shortbread all over with a fork
4. Bake for 40 minutes until golden and firm
5. Leave until lukewarm and them cut out 15 pieces leaving in the tin
6. When completely cool removed and store