Scottish Shortbread Biscuits With A Homemade Chocolate Dipping Sauce

Ingredients:

Shortbread:

175g of self raising flour (replacing 2 teaspoons with 2 teaspoons of ground rice)

50g of caster sugar

100g of butter

Ground rice for sprinkling

Please note, if you don't have ground rice that's fine, I just used flour instead. After cooking I sprinkled the biscuits with caster sugar.

1. Cream the butter and sugar until almost white and gradually add the flour.

2. Squeeze the whole mixture into a large ball. Remove from the bowl and dust in ground rice.

4. Press into an 8inch square tin and smooth and make pinpricks all over.

5. Bake in the oven at 160c, 325f or gas mark 3 for 25 minutes.

6. Remove, dust with caster sugar and cut into 12 fingers

Chocolate Sauce:

2 tablespoons of water

1 teaspoon of white sugar

1 tablespoon of syrup

1 tablespoon of cocoa powder

Add all ingredients in a saucepan, heat gently and serve.