A simple, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread dough topped with cream cheese or buttercream frosting, often made as a sandwich (pictured). These are enjoyed throughout the world, but they are particularly appreciated in Australia, especially if you flavor your frosting filling with some lemon or another fruit filling.
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 recipe cream cheese frosting or buttercream frosting (optional) (for Australian version, flavor with some lemon juice)
Directions
- In bowl stir together first 3 ingredients. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat butter until smooth. Beat in flour mixture and vanilla until well blended. Refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 325 F. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place about 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten with a lightly floured fork. Bake for 15 minutes or until bottom is light golden brown. If desired, while baking, make a half recipe of cream cheese or buttercream frosting, and for the typically Australian version, flavor the frosting with some lemon juice. When cookies are completely cool, frost the tops of the cookies or sandwich them (pictured).