Classic shortbread and jam sandwiches

Ingredients

250 g	Unsalted butter, cold, chopped
1 cup	Icing sugar, sifted (Main)
1 ½ cups	Plain flour, sifted
1 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
1 to dust	Icing sugar

Directions

Shortbread

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Place the butter, icing sugar, both flours and vanilla in a food processor and process until the dough just comes together.
2. Using the back of a spoon, press the dough into a lightly greased 20cm x 30cm tin lined with baking paper.
3. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until firm.
4. Use a knife to score the dough into 20 rectangles and prick with a fork.
5. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden.
6. Cool in the tin for 20 minutes. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
7. Dust with icing sugar and slice to serve.

Jam sandwiches

1. Make the classic shortbread dough and roll out between sheets of non-stick baking paper to 5mm thick.
2. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Use a 7cm-round cutter to cut 20 rounds from the dough.
4. Place on trays lined with baking paper and use a 5cm star-shaped cutter to cut stars from the centre of 10 rounds.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Cool for 5 minutes.
6. Transfer to racks to cool. Spread the plain rounds with jam and sandwich with the star rounds.