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Orange Shortbreads (Gluten Free)
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Orange Shortbreads (Gluten Free)

Ingredients

Makes 20

Biscuits

250g butter, softened at room temperature
1/2 cup CSR Soft Icing Mixture (Gluten Free), sifted
11/2 cups Orgran Gluten free Plain flour
1/3 cup rice flour
2 teaspoons Orgran Gluten Substitute
2 tablespoons instant polenta
1/4 cup nuts (pistachios or flaked almonds) optional

Orange Glace Icing

1 cup CSR Pure Icing sugar (Gluten Free), sifted
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon orange rind

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160ºC conventional or 140ºC fan forced.
  2. Beat butter and CSR Soft Icing Mixture until light and creamy.
  3. Sift together plain flour, rice flour and Gluten Substitute. Add sifted ingredients and polenta to creamed mixture and beat for further minute or until mixture forms a dough.
  4. Lightly flour hands and roll level tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls. Place on baking paper-lined trays about 5cm apart. Press down with a metal spatula and decorate with nuts. Place in fridge for 10 minutes to allow to biscuits to become firm.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes at 160ºC conventional or 140ºC fan forced then increase temperature to 190º C conventional or 170ºC fan forced and bake for a further 5 minutes or until a pale golden colour. Cool on baking trays, as biscuits are fragile when warm.

Orange Icing

  1. Combine Pure Icing Sugar, orange juice and orange rind to make icing.
  2. When biscuits are cold, place on cooling rack and drizzle with Orange Icing. Allow icing to set.


CSR Pure Icing Sugar Pure Icing Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar

While no cake would be complete without it, icing sugar can also be used to make goodies such as shortbread, cream fillings, marshmallow, and fondant; anywhere a smooth, soft finished texture is required. CSR Pure Icing Sugar is the perfect icing sugar for all your traditional and decorative special icing needs. As CSR Pure Icing Sugar is 100% natural sugar this ensures the icing has a firm setting quality every time.



CSR Soft Icing Mixture Soft Icing Mixture

Ingredients: cane sugar, starch (Tapioca)

While no cake would be complete without it, icing sugar can also be used to make goodies such as shortbread, cream fillings, marshmallow, and fondant; anywhere a smooth, soft finished texture is required. CSR Soft Icing Mixture is ideal for your favourite cakes and biscuits that need a softer setting mixture.
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