Breads, Biscuits and Cakes Recipes - Scottish Shortbread

  
 

Breads, Biscuits and Cakes Recipes - Scottish Shortbread

Ingredients

  • 225 g/8 oz/1 cup butter

  • 175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar

  • 400 g/14 oz/3 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

  • 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup rice flour

  • 5 ml/1 tsp baking powder

Method:

  1. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

  2. Sift the flour, rice flour and baking powder together and knead into the mixture to form a smooth dough.

  3. Divide the mixture in half. Mark a 20 cm/8 in round on 2 sheets of baking parchment placed on baking sheets.

  4. Flatten the dough into the rounds. Pinch the edges between finger and thumb and prick all over with a fork.

  5. Bake at 160°C/325°F/gas mark 3 for about 40 minutes until a pale golden brown.

  6. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then mark into eighths with the back of a knife and leave to cool completely. Store in an airtight tin.