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Almond Shortbread with Chocolate

Ingredients

500g plain flour
200g almond meal

250g butter, melted
220g caster sugar

8g baking powder
2 whole eggs (100g)
A good pinch of salt

300g dark chocolate
2-3 Tbsp grapeseed oil

Method

First melt butter over a low heat or microwave for 30 secs or 10sec increments

till melted.

Allow to cool for 5 minutes. In a mixing bowl pour sugar in and add cooled butter.

With the leaf utensil mix till light, add eggs and mix together. Sift the dry

ingredients and mix in the almond meal.

Pour the dry ingredients and knead until smooth. Place dough into a piping bag;

cut the top to allow to pipe S Shaped onto a lined tray.

Bake in a 220C oven for 8 minutes.

Allow to cool completely. Meantime melt your chocolate with a bain-marie

(water bath), if chocolate is too thick add some grapeseed oil to thin it a bit.

Dip half the shortbread into the chocolate and put on a lined tray for chocolate

to set.

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