This recipe is so simple, yet so popular and moreish. It doesn’t take long to make, and with the option of using ready-made pastry you can make it in no time at all. It keeps really well in an airtight container and makes a great addition to any lunchbox.
Ingredients
Pastry
- 225g plain flour
- 110g butter
- 4tbs cold water
- Milk and sugar
Filling
- 110g butter
- 110g sugar
- 1 egg
- 350g sultanas
- Vanilla essence
Preheat the oven to 190C and grease a 13”x9” baking tray
Method
Pastry
- Rub the butter and flour together until well combined.
- Add the water and bring together into a ball.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
To make the filling:
- Melt the butter in a pan.
- Add butter and sugar to the pan and stir well.
- Add sultanas and vanilla essence and combine.
- Set aside.
Assembly
- Divide the ball of pastry into two equal portions.
- Roll out one portion and use it to line the bottom of the baking tray.
- Spread sultana mixture over the pastry.
- Roll out the remaining pastry and lay over the mixture.
- Use a knife to score a criss-cross pattern on the top pastry.
- Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes
