Okara Short Bread Fingers

i reallllly like butter. & personally i dun think magarine can be considered food.

i think there r 3 ingredients in the world that we can't do without - salt, fish and butter. & the best thing about this recipe is that it's got 2/3 of what i'd just mentioned! my dad too loves short bread and he'd buy those Walkers Shortbread and eat it with cold milk before he got spooked with hi-cholestrol level.

take note that this IS butter shortbread and it is oily-fatty-etc (okara just provides some amt of fibre) & this is by no means a health food...so dun chomp down the whole lot at 1 go. go ahead and share the guilt. i'm sharing mine with The Wife.
this makes approx 12 fingers.

ingredients

• 140g shifted plain flour / pastry flour
• 60g okara (see my previous post on soy bean milk). the original recipe i adapted from called for ground rice. i was too lazy to grind flour at 11 pm. okara turned out to be quite fragrant and gives a husky texture
  
• 50g caster sugar (i used raw sugar)
• 140 butter (cut to pieces & softened so u can pinch easily later). if you have only unsalted butter, add salt to taste (1/2-1 tsp will be fine)

recipe

• mix everything in a mixing bowl. use ur hand, easily done.
• mix till everything is blended and u can form a ball
• roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface
• cut & shape fingers and place them on grease paper on baking tray. allow space in between, they expand abt 10-15% after baking
  
• prick fingers with fork (lightly)
  
• put fingers in fridge for 30 min
• preheat oven at 180'C and bake for 20-25 min
• after baking, cool then serve.

now i better find time to hit the gym......