Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1 1/4  cups          flour
     1/4  cup           sugar
     1/8  teaspoon      salt
   2      teaspoons     grated lemon peel
     1/2  cup           butter
     1/2                chopped macadamia nuts

Preparation:

Stir together the flour, sugar, salt and lemon peel. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives..until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Stir in macadamia nuts. Form mixture into a firm ball with your hands. Place in a 9 inch glass dish and press into an even layer. Cut dough in wedges. Place in microwave oven and cook 4 minutes, rotating the dish a quarter turn after each minute. Remove from microwave oven and cut shortbread into wedges again, retracing first marks. Allow to cool.