Almond
Shortbread Hearts
Makes approximately ½ dozen
Preparation time
25 minutes
Cooking time
18 minutes
Ingredients:
250g butter
¾ cup caster sugar
2 ½ cups flour
3 cups ground almonds
150g cooking chocolate
Slivered almonds
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Preheat oven (Mode 9) to 160° C.
Once this temperature is reached
turn oven to (Mode 2).
➋
Cream butter and sugar until light and
creamy. Sift in flour and add ground
almonds to make smooth dough.
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Wrap in plastic and place in the
refrigerator for 15 minutes.
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Divide dough in half and place between
two sheets of baking paper. Roll out
dough to about 4mm in thickness.
Using a heart shaped cutter, cut out
biscuits, repeat with other half of the
dough. If there is any dough remaining
roll into a ball and repeat process.
➎
Place biscuits on to greased baking
trays, leaving a space between each
biscuit. Cook for 10-12 minutes
or until a pale golden colour. Leave
to cool for a few minutes on trays
before removing onto a rack to
cool completely.
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Carefully melt chocolate and spread
over half of each biscuit and
sprinkle with slivered almonds.
Allow chocolate to set.
ILVE Cooking Tip
If batch baking, mode 8
would be better suited for
more than one shelf at a
time.
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