Herbfarm Rosemary Shortbread
Yield: 36 Cookies
1 1/2 cup Unsalted butter (3 sticks) at room temperature
2/3 cup Sugar
2 TBS 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.)
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.
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