Ingredients

• flour - 1 cup
• rice flour - 1/3 cup
• butter - 1/2 cup
• powdered sugar - 5 tbsp
• salt 1 pinch
• vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
• clotted cream (malai) - little, if necessary

How to Make American Short Bread Cookies

• Preheat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade.
• Sift flour with rice flour and salt. Mix in the sugar.
• Add cold butter. Mix gently with finger tips till the fat is evenly distributed.
• If it is very crumbly, add a little malai.
• Knead gently and gather the mixture into a dough.
• Put the dough into a round, about 1.5 cm thick.
• Cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter.
• Place on a greased baking tray.
• Bake till golden brown (about 20 minutes).
• Cool and store in an air tight container.