40 Years of Busy Bees

Lemon shortbread

12 portions

Busy Bees Lemon shortbread

Ingredients

Plain flour

450g

Butter

315g

Caster sugar

35g

Lemon zest

1 tsp

Lemon juice

1 lemon

Icing sugar

A light dusting

Preperation

1. Heat oven to 180C /170c Fan/ Gas4.

2. Weigh out ingredients

Method

3. Mix the sugar and butter together until smooth.

4. Add the lemon juice and zest, stir in well.

5. Add the flour.

6. Dust a clean surface with flour and roll out the shortbread.

7. Cut out shapes using a 6cm cookie cutter or into fingers.

8. Place them individually on a baking sheet, and chill them.

9. Bake for 12-15 mins, cool, dust lightly with icing sugar.