Short Bread

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Short Bread
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250g unsalted butter
100g caster sugar
250g plain flour
125g cornflour
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Preheat oven to 160°C.

In a large bowl, combine softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add plain flour and cornflour and mix lightly.

Press into a lined baking tin about 1.5 - 2 cm thick, and prick with a fork.
Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes.

While warm sprinkle with caster sugar if you wish.
Cut into fingers.

[Passionfruit Short Bread]

Add 2 passionfruits pulp, including seeds and juice after mixing butter and sugar,
and add flour.

Brookies 2 - Brownie Cookies

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Chocolate Brownie Cookies
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115g butter, melted
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups self-raising flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
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Preheat oven to 180°C.
Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl, mix melted butter, oil, cocoa powder and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, and beat until incorporated.

Stir in flour and chocolate chips.

Scoop a table spoonful of dough onto the line baking trays. Press them down to your desire thickness.

Bake them in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Passionfruit & Coconut Pie

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Passionfruit & Coconut Pie
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4 egg whites
4 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
125g butter, melted
4 passionfruits (pulp & juice), about 1/2 cup
1/2 plain flour
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 1/3 cup (335ml) lukewarm milk

icing sugar
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Preheat oven to 150°C.
Line a 20cm x 20cm square tin with baking paper.

In a large bowl, beat the egg white until stiff peaks, and then set aside.

In another bowl, beat the egg yolks with sugar. Add melted butter and passionfruits, and mix well.

Add the flour, coconut and lukewarm milk, mix until combined.
Gently fold in the egg whites with a spatula, and pour into the lined tin.

Bake for about 60 minutes until golden colour.
Cool and cut into square pieces, and dust icing sugar over the top to serve.