The Star's Scottish Shortbread

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 2/3 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup rice flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 325(.

2. Grease 8" round cake pan. Line bottom with waxed paper. Grease paper.

3. Cream butter until fluffy.

4. Mix in flours, sugars until dough is crumbly but clumps together when pressed.

5. Pat evenly into pan.

6. Bake for 45 min.

7. Remove from oven briefly; score into 12 wedges with a sharp knife, cutting halfway through dough.

8. Prick decoratively with fork.

9. Return to oven; bake about 15 minutes longer or until lightly browned at edges.

10. Cool in pan, then invert onto plate, then invert again on to cooling rack so cookie is right side up.

11. Cool completely.