Macadamia Shortcake Slice

Ingredients: 

2 Cups Self Raising Flour, 6tbsp Warmed Apricot Conserve, 1tbsp Extra Caster Sugar, 1 ½ cups Macadamia Halves, ¾ Cup Caster Sugar, 250 g unsalted butter, softened, 4 eggs

Method:        

1. Preheat oven to 180’c and grease a 30cm x 20cm x 4cm deep pan and line the base with baking paper.
2. Using an electric mixer and beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until thick and creamy, about 5minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
3. Stir in the flour and half the macadamias to make quite a stiff mixture.
4. Using a spatula, spread half the mixture over the pan base, and spoon over the warm conserve.
5. Spread over the remaining cake mixture to reach pan sides. Press in the remaining Macadamias and sprinkle with caster sugar.
6. Bake for 25-30minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cover with baking paper if macadamias brown too much.
7. Remove and stand for 5minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool. Cut into Squares and serve!!

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