How To Make Short Bread Biscuit.

Short Bread Biscuit

Ingredient:

• 150g Wheat Flour (all purpose flour).
• 80g Rice flour - Optional (For texture).
• 150g Butter (I used salted).
• 50g Icing Sugar.

Directions:

• Score the butter and cut out 150g of it.
• Divide the butter into 6 halves.
• Sift the all purpose flour, Rice flour and icing sugar into a bowl.
• Place the butter on the dry ingredients and work into it with your fingers making sure everything gets incorporated.

• Mold into a ball and place in a plastic bag.
• With a rolling pin, roll out the dough in the plastic and score into squares.
• Bring out the scored dough and cut through the marks. 
• Insert a fork through the cut dough.  
• Roll out the dough in the plastic.

Note:The angle the blade of the knife makes with the surface of the dough is important in determining how the cut will Separate the shortbread on the pan.

• Place the dough into the refrigerator to firm up for about 15mins.
• Bring out the scored dough and cut through the marks.
• Insert a fork through the cut dough.
• Separate the shortbread on the pan and place in the oven. 
• Bake for about an hour till firm but not browned 
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the tray. 

Serve with a nice cold drink..