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Herbfarm Rosemary Shortbread
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup unsalted butter (3 sticks) - at roo, m temperature
2/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp fresh rosemary or
2 tsp dried rosemary
2 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white or brown rice flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar for topping (opt'l.)
Preparation
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream butter in a large bowl until pale yellow and light. Add the
sugar; 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; 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" and 1/4" thick.
Cut cookies into 1 1/2 x 2" rectangles or any other shape you like.
Place them about 1/2" apart on the prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle
them with the sugar topping if desired; bake at 375 F. 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.
Note: The author says that these cookies are much better two days
after they are baked, and suggests planning accordingly.
Recipe from Ron Zimmerman of The Herbfarm/Falls City, WA. In _Farm
House Cookbook_ by Susan Herrmann Loomis. New York: Workman
Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. Pp. 384-385. ISBN 0-89480-772-2.
Electronic format by Cathy Harned.
Servings: 36
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