Rustic Shortbread Biscuits
These deceptively simple shortbread rounds are so rustic, you'll think you've time-travelled to 1740. They also happen to be deliciously buttery, with that perfect shortbread snap.
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes minutes
Total Time 40 minutes minutes
Servings 10 -12
- 1/4 cup superfine sugar
- 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter (good quality, cold)
- 1/3 cup rice flour
- 2/3 cup unbleached plain white flour
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
Preheat oven to 325F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Mix the flours, sugar and salt in a food processor on low for 30 seconds to combine.
Cut the butter into 1/2-inch cubes and toss in a medium bowl with 1/4 cup of the flour mixture.
Return butter and flour to the rest of the flour in the food processor. Mix on low for 3-4 minutes until butter has been incorporated into crumbs. If the mixture starts to clump, stop mixing.
Turn onto a work surface and gently form into a flat dough, about half an inch thick.
You can use a rolling pin or press with the bottom of a glass to flatten the dough.
Using a cookie cutter, cut into rounds. Use a stamp if you have one to form a design!
Use a spatula to move the biscuits to the paper-lined tray. Leave some separation between the rounds in case of spreading.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. Watch the biscuits towards the end of the bake to make sure the edges do not color.