Christmas Pudding Shortbread

Any type of shortbread is a delicious Christmas Treat - but Christmas Pudding Shortbread just gives it that extra level of deliciousness!  This is an easy, tasty little biscuit that's sure to impress :-)

Ingredients
125g butter, at room temp
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup plain flour
1/3 cup rice flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
extra flour for kneading
1 eggwhite, whisked
1/3 cup demerara sugar (I used some combined caster sugar and cinnamon on mine instead)

Method

Preheat oven to 160C. Line 2 large oven trays with baking paper. Put butter, brown sugar and vanilla in a bowl and beat using electric beters until light and creamy. 

Sift flour, rice flour, cinnamon, cloves, mixed spice and nutmeg over butter mixture and stir until well combined. turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently until mixture comes together.

Roll out dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until 4mm thick. Using a 7cm round fluted biscuit cutter, cut 15 rounds from dough, re-rolling as required. 

Cut rounds from dough, re-rolling as required. Put rounds on prepared trays, brush with eggwhite and sprinkle with demerara sugar. 

Bake for 15-20 mins or until light golden and firm. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Package them up in a little bag and ribbon like this and you have a perfect little Christmas gift!