Shortbread

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    24

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gloagburn: Recipes from a Scottish Farm

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

  • About

I’ve always considered Rosemary Patterson, my mum’s friend from up north, to be a true shortbread afficionado, and this is her recipe. If you can’t get hold of white rice flour, use some fine semolina instead.

Ingredients

  • 375 g slightly salted butter, softened
  • 125 g caster sugar, plus more for sprinkling
  • 375

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/150°C fan/gas mark 3. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
  2. In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
  3. Beat the well-sifted plain and rice flours into the butter mix until you have