Ayrshire Shortbread
Created by ImPat on October 5, 2016
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #24976
Ingredients
- 6 ounces all-purpose flour (plain)
- 6 ounces rice flour (or ground rice)
- 6 ounces castor sugar
- Salt, pinch of
- 6 ounces butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon milk (top of milk, use light cream)
How to Make
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Step 1: Mix together the flours, sugar, and salt and rub in the butter until the mixture is like fine breadcrumbs.
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Step 2: Lightly beat the egg and mix with the top of milk.
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Step 3: Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the egg and cream and knead with the hand till a soft pastry is formed.
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Step 4: Sprinkle pastry board with a little rice flour and roll pastry out thinly and prick with a fork and cut into rounds or fingers.
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Step 5: Place on greased paper a little apart and bake in a moderate preheated 350F oven till golden brown.
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Step 6: Cool in on a wire rack.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (62.6 g)
- Calories 263.7
- Total Fat - 12.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.5 g
- Cholesterol - 48 mg
- Sodium - 109.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 35.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 14.3 g
- Protein - 4.1 g
- Calcium - 14.6 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg