5 Ingredient Gluten Free Shortbread
These insanely light and buttery 5 ingredient shortbread will definitely satisfy your taste buds. Perfect to have in the middle of the afternoon with a cuppa for a quick pick me up. And gluten free of course!
Equipment
- 1 5.5cm round cutter
- 1 baking tray
Ingredients
- 30 g caster sugar
- 60 g butter softened
- 120 g gluten free plain flour
- 1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
- 1/8 tsp xantham gum
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 150℃ Fan/170℃. Line a baking tray with some non stick baking paper ready for the shortbread.
- In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer beat together your softened butter, caster sugar and vanilla paste/extract until smooth.
- Sift the flour and xantham gum and stir in using a spoon or spatula until it resembles a breadcrumb/crumble type mixture.
- Bring together in a ball in the bowl. This may take a while but it will eventually come together.
- Once formed into a ball, roll out until it's 6-7mm thick. This may be easier to do between two pieces of baking paper- one underneath the dough, one on top.
- Use a small biscuit cutter (I use a 5.5cm cutter) to cut rounds into the dough. Lift off by sliding a palate knife under or you can use a knife as an alternative.
- Arrange them on the baking tray with a small gap between each shortbread. They won't spread much so there's no need for large gaps. Sprinkle each with a little extra caster sugar.
- Place into a preheated oven for 18-21 minutes. They don't need to be golden in colour because they will get more golden as they cool.
- Once baked, leave to cool on the tray and enjoy with a nice cup of tea!