Ingredients

eight ounces butter
twelve ounces wholemeal flour
four ounces rice flour
eight ounces sugar

Method

Cream the butter until soft, sift the wholemeal flour over it and work it into the butter.
Add the sugar and rice flour and knead well to a soft dough.
Divide the dough into four equal parts and shape into flat rounds.
Prick the surfaces lightly with a fork and pinch the edge of each one with the thumb and forefinger.
Place on a shallow tin and bake in a moderately hot oven for approximately half an hour.

This shortbread was prepared specially for the noson lawen (merry evenings) held in the farmhouses in Radnorshire.
Llandrindod, Radnorshire.