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stacked shortbread

Mrs Hart's Shortbread

Great Grandma's shortbread is hard to beat. It's simple and delicious and what shortbread should be.

Course Dessert
Keyword shortbread
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Cold Butter, diced
  • 1/4 Cup Granulated White Sugar
  • 1/4 Cup Rice Flour
  • 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Generously butter a 8x8" square glass baking dish.
  3. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and work the butter into the mixture with your hands. Continue rubbing and kneading the butter into the dough and until evenly distributed and the mixture starts to loosely hold its shape when squeezed together. The mixture will be crumbly, but will still hold a loose shape.
  4. Dump into buttered dish and firmly press into the corners. Continue to press with your fingers until evenly distributed in the pan.
  5. Prick the surface with a fork.
  6. Bake in the oven at 325 degrees for 40-50 minutes until the edges are browned.
  7. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes.

  8. The shortbread is best cut with a sharp knife while still warm and then allowed to cool in the pan (or enjoyed warm).

Recipe Notes

Once completely cooled, store covered in an air tight container at room temperature.