Gluten-Free Tuesday: Shortbread Cookies

Name: Gluten-Free Tuesday: Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 14 Tbsps ounces butter, softened; 118 milliliters ounces cornstarch; 177 milliliters 1/4 ounces granulated sugar; 315 milliliters 1/3 ounces white rice flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 118 milliliters 2.5 ounces sweet rice flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 0 teaspoons xanthan gum (this prevents the cookies from spreading)

Gluten-Free Tuesday: Shortbread Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 111 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 30. Head to the store and pick up granulated sugar, butter, cornstarch, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. In small bowl, whisk together white rice flour, sweet rice flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder, and xanthan gum. In bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter, sugar, and vanilla extract together, on medium-low speed, until a thick paste forms, about 30 seconds. Shut off stand mixer.

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Corn Starch

Vanilla Extract

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Salt

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Stand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Add dry ingredients. Turn on mixer and mix until a dough forms, about three minutes.

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Dough

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Blender

Lightly white rice flour your countertop. Turn dough out onto counter and shape dough into a disk. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out, about 1/4-inch thick.

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White Rice Flour

Dough

Roll