SC - Australian Cornflour - Definitive answer?

[Elaine Koogler]

Yup.  The one I have, out of a Scottish cookbook published by a Rural Women's
Home group,  calls for only 3 ingredients:  flour, sugar and butter...in
proportions!  and it produces an absolutely wonderful shortbread!

Kiri

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:  Adamantius
> >
> > > the rice flour sometimes included in British shortbread recipes to
> > > soften the overall flour mix. It's not there because rice is the first
> > > thing one thinks of in connection with shortbread...
> >
> > Curious - rice flour _is_ one of the first things I associate with
> > shortbread, that and butter.
>
> Anything to make a liar outta me ;  ) . On the other hand, why is all
> that butter in there to shorten it if rice flour has no gluten?
> Actually, most of the shortbread recipes I have seen, with the exception
> of _some of_ the British ones, don't call for rice flour. Usually a soft
> wheat flour, like pastry or cake flour.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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