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45
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Cooking
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Macadamia Shortbread Trees

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Directions
Step 1

Place butter into the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until smooth, slowly adding the icing sugar and mixing in well.

Step 2

Add the flours and baking powder gradually, until all incorporated. Fold in macadamias. Remove to a lightly floured surface and bring together with your hands. Roll out to ½ cm thickness and use various sized star shaped cutters to cut shapes and place onto lined oven trays. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.

Step 3

Pre-heat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). Place trays of shortbread into the oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until just golden underneath. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on trays before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 4

Place chocolate into a heat proof bowl and microwave at 50% for 30 seconds. Stir and continue in 15 second bursts until all melted and smooth. Dip cooled shortbread star tips into chocolate, sprinkle with coconut and allow to set on a wire rack.

Step 5

To assemble trees, you may need to reheat chocolate gently. Using larger stars as the base layer, place a dollop of chocolate in the centre and place another star on top, continue with another 6-7 stars, gradually finishing with the smallest sized star at the top. Repeat with remaining stars.

Tips

  • Shortbread will keep in a sealed container for up to 2 weeks.

Ingredients
  • Shortbread
  • 250g butter, diced and softened
  • 3/4 cup icing sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups plain flour
  • 1/2 cup McKenzie's Rice Flour
  • 1/2 tsp McKenzie's Baking Powder
  • 1/4 cup (45g) macadamia halves, finely chopped
  • Icing
  • 200g white chocolate, chopped
  • 1/4 cup McKenzie's Fine Desiccated Coconut

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