Phipps Famous Shortbread

Total Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 2 1/2 cups flour, all purpose
• 1 lb butter, soft
• 1 cup fruit sugar
• 1 cup rice flour, sifted
• 1/2 lb belgian chocolate

Recipe

• 1 spread the all-purpose flour on a cookie sheet and place under a pre-heated broiler about 4-5 inches from the element.
• 2 roast the flour, watching it all the time until it is medium brown.
• 3 turn the flour with a spatula to brown the other side.
• 4 the entire procedure takes about three minutes and gives the flour a rich nutty flavour.
• 5 let the flour cool.
• 6 mix the soft butter with the fruit sugar and add the sifted rice flour.
• 7 fold in the roasted flour and blend well.
• 8 chop the chocolate into chunks just a little smaller than a sugar cube.
• 9 mix them into the dough, taking care you don't soften the chocolate too much.
• 10 shape as desired.
• 11 bake at 300f for 1 hour.
• 12 cool, then store in an airtight container.
• 13 yield depends upon size and shape.