Crisp Shortbread
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) lightly salted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup sifted confectioners' sugar (sift before measuring)
- 2 tablespoons rice flour*
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- *available in Latino section of supermarkets and at natural foods stores
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- In a bowl with a fork blend together butter and confectioners' sugar until combined well.
- Sift flour into butter mixture, tossing flours together lightly before combining with butter mixture and stir with fork until flours are incorporated.
- (Dough will be crumbly.)
- Press dough evenly onto bottom of a 9-inch metal pie plate.
- With tines of fork decoratively mark edge of dough and with a butter knife score dough into 8 wedges.
- Prick each wedge in several places with fork.
- Bake shortbread in middle of oven 30 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 300F and continue to bake shortbread 15 minutes more, or until golden.
- Cool shortbread in pie plate on a rack 5 minutes.
- With a sharp knife cut shortbread into wedges and transfer wedges to rack to cool completely.
- Shortbread keeps in an airtight container at room temperature 5 days.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/crisp-shortbread-15807 (may not work)