APRICOT SHORTBREAD SLICE

Ingredients.....( shortbread), 110gm butter/ marg, 230gm of self raising flour, 2 egg yolks. Ingredients.....( topping ), 170 gm of apricot jam, 2 egg whites, 1 tbs of castor sugar. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line a 20cm x 20cm slice pan. Shortbread..Mix the flour and sugar together and use your fingers to rub in the butter and add the beaten egg yolks until you have a dough consistency.....if the dough is very dry , add a tiny bit of water. Now press the dough into the prepared slice pan and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool . Leave the oven on. While the shortbread base is cooling, prepare your topping. Beat the egg whites with your electric mixer and add the tbs of sugar, a little at a time, until stiff peaks form. Spread the apricot jam over the cooled shortbread. Spread the thickened egg whites over the jam and return the slice the oven and bake until golden. Cool, then slice into fingers or squares to serve.