Shortbread Cookies with Caramelised Nuts

Shortcrust pastry:

• 300 g plain flour
• 200 g butter
• 50 g brown sugar
• 50 g white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 egg (slightly beaten)
• dash of salt

     Mix together flour,sugar salt and cinnamon.Cut the butter into flour mixture and carefully toss all the ingredients together till it turns into small pieces.Add the egg, mix it once again and refrigerate for couple of hours.

Caramelised nuts:

• 1 cup roasted crushed nuts ( I used peanuts & almonds)
• 2 tablespoons "Golden" syrup (can use honey instead)
• 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

     In a medium sauce pan, pour in the syrup, condensed milk and sugar.Mix them and on a medium high heat warm it up till boiling temperature. Remove from heat and gradualy add the crushed nuts.


     Now when the pastry has rested, roll out into desired thickness and cut out cookies.Each cookie decorate with caramelised nuts.
Bake the cokies at 175 C degrees temperature for about 15 minutes or untill golden brown.