Almond Shortbread

You can also use a small buttered ice cream scoop to form cookies and put icing sugar on when cookies are hot, sticks to cookie better when there warm

Having cooled, the texture of the unrolled pastry far exceeded the texture of the rolled shortbreads. My advice would be to grab a teaspoonful of dough, place it on the baking sheet, then bring the mixture together with your fingertips. No rolling. No kneading. No excessive heat/touching (developing gluten & making them slightly tougher than those not 'overworked).