Ingredients

Vegetable-oil cooking spray, for mold 

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) salted butter, room temperature 

3/4 superfine sugar 

1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 

1/4 cup rice flour 

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Coat an 8-inch ceramic shortbread mold with cooking spray; set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and sugar until well combined. Add flours and mix until just combined and a shaggy dough forms.

Firmly press dough into mold in an even layer. Bake until edges just begin to turn golden, about 1 hour, 15 minutes. Remove from oven; turn oven off. Let shortbread cool in mold 10 minutes.

Invert a parchment-lined baking sheet onto back of mold. Carefully re-invert, turning mold onto sheet; lift off mold. Using a sharp knife, cut shortbread into wedges. Separate wedges, then return sheet to oven until shortbread is dry, at least 1 hour. Let cool completely.