Gluten-free apple shortbread
Shortbread is traditionally made without eggs. I was a little bit worried it would therefore not hold together (especially with using gluten-free flour), but this dough just works like magic! You can replace the apples with plums, pears, apricots or whatever other fruit you have at hand. You can find the recipe here.
Ingredients
Shortbread
3/4 cup salted butter (if you cannot get the salted butter, just add an additional 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the dough)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups gluten-free self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups chopped apples
2-3 teaspoons milk
salt to sprinkle on top
Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon milk
50 g cream cheese
Instructions
1) Preheat oven to 180 °C. Butter a baking tray. Chop apples (you can peel them, but I quite like them with the skin on).
2) In a bowl, use a hand mixer to cream butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract together.
3) Add flour, baking powder and milk, mix with your hands until just combined.
4) Add the chopped apples and mix again. The dough will be very crumbly.
5) Use your fingers to press the dough evenly into the pan, sprinkle salt on top of the dough.
6) Bake for 7 minutes, rotate the pan and bake for another 7 minutes. Shortbread should not get too brown/dark. Let cool.
7) Combine all ingredients of the glaze in a small bowl. Drizzle or coat the entire top of your shortbread. Leave to cool again and cut into bars or squares.
Ingredients
Shortbread
3/4 cup salted butter (if you cannot get the salted butter, just add an additional 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the dough)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups gluten-free self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups chopped apples
2-3 teaspoons milk
salt to sprinkle on top
Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon milk
50 g cream cheese
Instructions
1) Preheat oven to 180 °C. Butter a baking tray. Chop apples (you can peel them, but I quite like them with the skin on).
2) In a bowl, use a hand mixer to cream butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract together.
3) Add flour, baking powder and milk, mix with your hands until just combined.
4) Add the chopped apples and mix again. The dough will be very crumbly.
5) Use your fingers to press the dough evenly into the pan, sprinkle salt on top of the dough.
6) Bake for 7 minutes, rotate the pan and bake for another 7 minutes. Shortbread should not get too brown/dark. Let cool.
7) Combine all ingredients of the glaze in a small bowl. Drizzle or coat the entire top of your shortbread. Leave to cool again and cut into bars or squares.