Gluten Free Almond Shortbread
Gluten Free Almond Shortbread 1/3 Cup Rice Flour 1/4 Cup Tapioca Flour 1/4 Cup Almond Flour 2 Tablespoons Potato Flour (not starch) 2 Tablespoons Sweet Rice Flour 1/8 teaspoon Salt 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, softened but preferably still cool 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar 1 teaspoon Almond Extract (Gluten Free) Preheat oven to 325. In a prep bowl whisk first 6 ingredients together to blend well. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla at a medium speed just till mixed, using a professional type stand mixer with a paddle (I...
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From Cara Aileen (Guest Baker): I have really enjoyed creating these recipes! What an adventure, and to know they will be used with my favorite pans is pretty cool! I have given instructions as to how I have always made my shortbread, even before going gluten free. I do not recommend trying any other type of mixer except a paddle type. It must be watched, and each step should be mixed only enough to blend well, taking care not to over-mix or to handle the dough excessively. I also keep my butter still very cool. I...
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Classic Shortbread A beautiful, buttery shortbread cookie recipe. This classic recipe is where it all begins. With only a few simple ingredients and one of our shortbread pans you can make a wonderful delicious treat. 1/2 cup butter at room temperature 1/3 cup powdered sugar (unsifted) 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour (unsifted) Using the back of a large spoon, cream the butter until it is light. Cream in the powered sugar, then the vanilla. Now work in the flour. Knead the dough on an unfloured board until nice...
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This shortbread has a rich, almost chewy texture. ½ cup butter at room temperature 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons unsifted all purpose flour 2/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats (not “instant”) Cream the butter Cream in the brown sugar and vanilla, then 1 cup of the flour, the cinnamon and the rolled oats. You will have to use your hands to work in all of the dry ingredients. Flour a work surface with the 2 Tablespoons of flour and knead the...
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These are delicate, elegant cookies, perfect for special celebrations. 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1/4 cup blanched almonds 1 cup less 2 Tablespoons unsifted all purpose flour Place the almonds and 1/2 cup of the flour into a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Grind the nuts to a fine meal, using off and on pulses. Add the rest of the flour and pulse to mix. In a separate bowl, cream the butter. Cream in the powdered sugar and the almond extract....
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Country Living Gardener’s article, “Short & Sweet,” contains 4 delicious shortbread recipes. Rose Shortbread Petticoats, Cranberry Orange Shortbread, Lemon Lavender and Rosemary Pecan Rounds. Click Here To View Article And Recipes They used our shortbread pan for the Rose Shortbread Petticoats but that doesn’t mean you can’t use the other recipes with our shortbread pans. Lucy tested the recipes and this is what she found: Lemon Lavender Recipe: This makes a very large recipe....
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