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Orange and Caraway Seed Shortbread

Karon Grieve
A simple recipe for a flavoursome orange and caraway shortbread, the perfect tea time treat
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course baking
Cuisine Scottish
Servings 12 slices
Calories 181 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 150 g unsalted butter
  • 70 g golden caster sugar
  • 150 g plain flour
  • 70 g rice flour
  • 1 tbsp caraway seeds
  • 1 pinch salt

Orange glaze

  • half orange zest and juice
  • icing sugar

Instructions
 

  • Mix butter, salt, caraway seeds and sugar with fingers till you get crumbs
  • Add the flours and bring together to form a dough
  • Press into a baking tin and chill for 30 minutes in fridge
  • Prick with a fork all over and mark out slices but don't cut right through
  • Bake for approximately 30 minutes till lightly golden
  • Cool in the baking tin
  • Mix the orange juice and zest with icing sugar till you get a glaze and drizzle over warm shortbread.
    Slice into pieces.

Notes

shortbread will keep for a few days in a sealed tin.
Chop and change the flavours to suit yourself

Nutrition

Calories: 181kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 5mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 314IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg
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