Content

• Ingredients
• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

A simple recipe for making delicious shortbread cookies. It can be made unadorned or with a few drops of chocolate added. The number of shortbread cookies varies.

Ingredients

• 450 g butter
• 450 g sifted flour
• 280 g rice flour
• 280 g icing sugar
• A pinch of salt

Steps

1. 1 Grease your baking sheet and heat the oven to 200 degrees C.
2. 2 Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Using a knife, cut the butter into smaller pieces while you stir the ingredients.
3. 3 When the oil has a comfortable shape, take it in your hands and rub it.
4. 4 Soon the mass will start to stick. Once this happens, gently press down on the side of your bowl with it and go around in a circle, picking up any remaining dry ingredients.
5. 5 The dough should be dry and pliable. Flour the work surface and knead the dough to a roughly oval shape and smooth the edges.
6. 6 Using a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to a thickness that should be thicker than a cookie but thinner than a bun.
7. 7 Cut the dough into cookie cutters or the top of a glass and place on a baking sheet.
8. 8 Place in the oven.
9. 9 Bake for about 15 minutes, checking constantly for browning. Remove when the cookies are golden brown.
10. 10 Check the bottom of the shortbread to make sure it's done. Then let the baked goods cool.
    • If you are giving shortbread cookies as a gift, then bandaging them with ribbon is a great idea. Fold the two together and tie. You can use patterned tape or plain tape.
11. 11 When the cookies are cold, wrap them in an airtight container or wrap them in plastic wrap to prevent the treat from becoming stale.
12. 12 Ready.

Tips

• Sprinkle a little sugar when the cookies have cooled. This will make it a little sweeter.
• The ingredients in this recipe can be halved or quartered to make fewer cookies.

Warnings

• Be careful when handling hot objects.