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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Hebridean Baker: Recipes and Wee Stories from the Scottish Islands

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

  • About

I always buy shortbread at Christmas, not so much for the shortbread itself, but for the wonderfully kitsch tins it comes in, usually adorned with West Highland terriers, stags or cèilidh dances and lots of tartan. Once you’ve eaten the bought shortbread don’t forget to keep the tin to keep your homemade shortbread in instead.

Ingredients

  • 115 g soft butter
  • 55 g golden caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
  • Pinch of salt

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F.

Cream together the butter, sugar and salt until pale.

Sift in your flour and ground rice and mix until you make a smooth dough. Cover in cling film and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Lightly roll out the dough to 1cm thickne