Missing Xmas Recipe Plea - Herbfarm Rosemary Shortbread

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I'm liking this one too, Rebecca. Less sugar?

Chupa

 

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Herbfarm Rosemary Shortbread

1-1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

2/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, or 2 teaspoons dried

2-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 cup white or brown rice flour (available at natural foods stores)

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons sugar for topping (optional)

 

 

 

 

 

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with

parchment paper. Cream the butter in a large bowl until pale yellow

and light. Add the sugar, and continue mixing until the mixture is

fluffy. If you are using fresh rosemary, mince it. If you are using

dried rosemary, crush it in a mortar and pestle, or by using a

rolling pin on a flat surface, until it is fine but not a powder.

 

Add both flours, the salt, and the rosemary to the butter mixture,

and mix until thoroughly combined. The dough will be somewhat soft.

Refrigerate it for 1 hour, if necessary, so that it is firm enough to

roll.

 

Roll the dough out to form a rectangle about 10 x 14 inches, and 1/4

inch thick. Cut the cookies into 1-1/2 x 2-inch rectangles or any

other shape you like. Place them about 1/2 inch apart on the prepared

baking sheets. Sprinkle them with the sugar topping if desired, and

bake in the center of the oven until they are gold at the edges, 12

to 15 minutes.

 

Remove the cookies from the oven, and transfer them to wire racks to

cool. Pack in an airtight container. The cookies will keep, their

flavor improving, for at least a week.

 

Yield: About 3 dozen cookies

 

Farmhouse Cookbook by Susan Herrmann Loomis, Workman Publishing)

Formatted by Chupa Babi: 12.29.07

 

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" Innes, Rebecca " <Rebecca.Innes wrote: " Vegetarian Good Food " ...

> Anyways the pie had rosemary pastry Especially if anyone had any

recipes for rosemary pastry (we used to > call it pine needle pastry

in the spirit of Christmas).. > Thanks in advance for help!

>

> Rebecca (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)