♥The Ultimate Shortbreads ♥ The best shortbreads ever ♥

When I say 'the ultimate' it means that there is no other competitor for this simple & humble basic shortbread. The recipe called it 'shortbreads' but I felt it was the 'ultimate' and hence the name :)

This recipe is from a book which my grandmother handed over to me...it's a fab book! This is such an easy recipe and you need nothing more than just 3 ingredients!
But let me warn you ahead...if you are planning to make this for your loved ones be prepared to make it for them every now and then . I made that mistake sometime back :D
♥Ultimate Shortbread ♥

Recipe adapted from The Cookery Year by Readers Digest

Ingredients:

Flour:125 g

Rice flour: 25 g

Butter:100g

Salt:a pinch

Caster Sugar:50 g

Method:

• Sift flour,rice flour and salt into a bowl.
• Add sugar & grate butter taken straight from the fridge into the dry ingredients ( I keep butter in the freezer for easy handling )
• Work the mixture with fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Press the mixture into a 7" straight sided tin* and level the top.
• Prick it with fork all over and mark it into 8, cutting through to the base.
• Chill it for one hour and then bake in the centre of the oven at 180 degrees for 1 hour or until pale straw coloured.
• Cool it in tin and then over the wire rack and break it into wedges.

* I have been using a round tin for a while so for a change used a rectangular tin and cut them into bars.
Warning!! This recipe yields high satisfaction & addiction! But it's good to surrender to it once in a while ;)