Vanilla Heather Honey Shortbread

Ingredients:

250g unsalted butter, softened
100g caster sugar
2 tbsp heather honey
2 tsp vanilla extract
300g plain flour
50g rice flour (or cornflour)
Pinch of salt
Extra caster sugar, for sprinkling

Method:

• Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan). Line a large baking tray with parchment.
• Cream butter, sugar and honey until pale and fluffy.
• Mix in vanilla extract.
• Combine plain flour, rice flour (or cornflour) and salt; fold into the mixture until it forms a soft dough.
• Gently press dough into a 1cm-thick slab and cut into fingers, rounds or thistles.
• Transfer to the tray, prick with a fork and sprinkle with caster sugar.
• Bake 18–22 minutes until the edges turn light golden.
• Cool on the tray before serving.