With its short ingredient list—just flour, sugar, salt, and butter—a good shortbread should showcase a rich, buttery flavor, and it should have a dense, slightly sandy texture and a tawny, light brown color.
A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook
For a traditional shortbread recipe using all-purpose flour, one of the biggest issues is trying to avoid gluten development, which makes the cookies tough. Obviously this wasn’t going to be an issue with a gluten-free recipe, but without a...