Viennese Shortbread Biscuits

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 90 g icing sugar
• 300 g unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• lemon essence
• 375 g flour

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sifted icing sugar until the mix is light and fluffy, then beat in the eggs and a few drops of lemon essence. using a wooden spoon, gently fold in the sifted flour.
• 2 pipe small shapes using a star tube onto greaseproof paper, then bake at 200c until light golden brown in colour.
• 3 note: you can pipe difference shapes like rosettes, whirls or stars, or place a glaced cherry in the centre as decoration prior to baking. when the biscuits have cooled after baking, you could half-dip them in chocolate, or pipe chocolate onto them.