Gluten-Free or Wheat Shortbread
 
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This recipe is from the February 2009 issue of Foods Matter.
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Serves: 12 BISCUITS
Ingredients
  • 2 ounces dairy-free margarine
  • 2-1/2 ounces pale muscovado sugar
  • 2 ounces polenta or coarse corn meal or 2 ounces ground almonds (use cornmeal for nut-free)
  • 4o ounces plain wheat flour or gluten/wheat-free plain flour
  • grated rind 1 lemon
Instructions
  1. Heat the oven to 325ºF.
  2. Beat the butter or spread with the sugar until soft and light. Add the polenta or almonds, the flour and the lemon rind and mix them lightly with your fingers. Press out into the bottom of a baking tray, approximately 2cm deep.
  3. Bake for 25 minutes then remove and cut into biscuit shapes. Return to the oven for a further 5–10 minutes then cool before re-cutting and removing carefully with a spatula.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/?p=165569