Gluten Free Lemon Shortbread

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g butter
• 1 1/2 cups maize cornflour
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 3/4 cup chelsea icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 150 deg c.
• 2 soften but do not melt the butter.
• 3 mix all ingredients in a food processor until smooth and well combined.
• 4 roll dough on a maize cornflour dusted surface to a 1 cm thickness. cut into fingers or press out shapes using a cookie cutter.
• 5 place on a baking tray and prick with a fork.
• 6 bake for 25-30 mins until pale but crisp (longer slower baking is the trick with shortbread).
• 7 cool on a wire rack and store in an airtight container.
• 8 for christmas i am going to use almond essence instead of the lemon and dip one end in chocolate.