Shortbread is ridiculously easy to make, and soooo yum. Plus you could probably sandwich it with different types of icing.
These guys are made for stars, but the opportunites are endless with cookie cutters, I've seen unicorn cookie cutters, tools like spanners and hammers, even penis cookie cutters! I'm assuming that if you were making penis shortbread it would perhaps be for a hens night.
Anyway
250g butter
4 heaped T icing sugar
2C flour
pinch salt
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees
Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.
Add salt and flour. Mix.
Knead for a few minutes.
Roll into a log and refridgerate for 20min.
Remove from fridge, cut into 2cm sections and stamp out with cookie cutters. (I squashed them down a little after cutting if the cutter was to wide for the log, as I had many different sized stars)
Place on baking paper on tray in middle of oven. Bake for 20min, or until cooked, but not golden.
Let cool on wire rack, while you prepare the......
Chocolate icing
100g dark chocolate
25g butter
Chop chocolate and butter into pieces. Put into a bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir until combined and melted.
Let it cool, until it is a spreadable consistancy.
Spread onto underside of shortbread and sandwich with another piece of shortbread.
Now eat your delicious bikkies, or at least some of them, and give the rest to your buddies.
Easy Peasy.
