Shortbreads

Prep time : 15 mins
Cooking time : 30 mins
Makes : 16

Ingredients :
250g plain flour
2 tablespoons rice flour
115g caster sugar
250g unsalted butter, chopped

Method:
Prehead the oven to 160'C.

Lightly grease 2 baking trays.

Sift the flours together into a large bowl and mix in the sugar.

Rub in the butter using your fingertips and press the mixture together.

Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead gently.

Press out into a round about 1cm thick and cut out with shaped cutters.

Put the shortbreads onto the prepared baking trays.

Baked for 25-30 mins or until golden brown.

Leave to cook on the tray for 5 mins and then transfer to a wire rack to cook completed.

Source : Fallow, C & Kingham, K (2005) Baby & Toddler Food, Murdoch Books Pty Ltd