Olive Oil Shortbread

Name: Olive Oil Shortbread
Ingredients: pinch of salt; 2 oz / 60 g sugar; 4 fl oz / 110 ml olive oil; 1 oz / 30 g fine semolina or ground rice; 1 oz / 30 g fine semolina or ground rice; 5 oz / 140 g plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
8 pieces

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

I occasionally experiment by using olive oil instead of butter in my baking. Try the following recipe. It is delicious. Use a mild olive oil, perhaps a pure olive oil rather than extra virgin.

Ingredients

5 oz / 140 g plain flour
1 oz / 30

Cookies
Dessert
Vegan

Method

Mix the dry ingredients together with a fork. Gradually pour in the olive oil and stir to bind the mixture together. Press it into the bottom of an 8 in / 20.5 cm cake tin and smooth the surface. Cut throu