Name: Delicious Shortbread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 12 min
Ingredients: 250g Western Star butter, softened; 2/3 cup pure icing sugar; 2 cups plain flour; 1 cup rice flour; 1 teaspoon caster sugar, for sprinkling

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Process all ingredients, except caster sugar together in a food processor until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Press mixture together until it forms a dough. Divide dough in two and refrigerate.
Roll out dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick.
Using a star-shaped cutter, cut shapes from dough. Transfer to prepared trays. Sprinkle with caster sugar if desired.
Bake at 160°C for approximately 30 minutes or until dry and firm but still pale. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar. Serve.

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Shortbread will keep in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
Check your shortbread while baking as cooking times and oven temperatures may vary

Process all ingredients, except caster sugar together in a food processor until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Press mixture together until it forms a dough. Divide dough in two and refrigerate.
Roll out dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick.
Using a star-shaped cutter, cut shapes from dough. Transfer to prepared trays. Sprinkle with caster sugar if desired.
Bake at 160°C for approximately 30 minutes or until dry and firm but still pale. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar. Serve.

Tips & Hints:

Shortbread will keep in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
Check your shortbread while baking as cooking times and oven temperatures may vary

Process all ingredients, except caster sugar together in a food processor until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Press mixture together until it forms a dough. Divide dough in two and refrigerate.
Roll out dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick.
Using a star-shaped cutter, cut shapes from dough. Transfer to prepared trays. Sprinkle with caster sugar if desired.
Bake at 160°C for approximately 30 minutes or until dry and firm but still pale. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar. Serve.

Tips & Hints:

Shortbread will keep in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
Check your shortbread while baking as cooking times and oven temperatures may vary

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Chezz

19 Dec 2018, 6:32 pm

Refrigeration - I see in the preparation time there’s a 60 min refrigeration time but in the method it doesn’t say when to do it.

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