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Apple Shortcake Squares
A traditional tried Edmonds recipe for shortcake apple squares
Ingredients
2 cups Edmonds plain baking flour
1 teaspoon Edmonds baking powder
125 g butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1-2 tablespoons milk
3 apples, peeled and sliced
1 tablespoon sugar
Method
Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl
Cut in butter until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs
Mix in first measure of sugar and egg
Add sufficient milk to form a firm dough
Knead until smooth
Divide dough in half and roll out each piece to fit a 22 cm square cake tin
Sprinkle apple with second measure of sugar
Place one piece of dough in tin and scatter apple over it
Lightly press remaining dough on top
Bake at 180 C for 25 minutes
When cold sprinkle with sifted icing sugar and cut into squares
Makes 16
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