Scottish Shortbread Recipe

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Meet the Cook: Scottish settlers first came to this area over 150 years ago. My mother herself was Scottish, and - as with most of my favorite recipes - she passed this on to me. I make a triple batch of it each year at Christmas, to enjoy and as gifts. When I entered Scottish Shortbread at our local fair, it won a red ribbon. As long as we have been married - and that's 54 years - my husband and I have lived on a farm. We are retired, and we have five grown children. -Rose Mabee, Selkirk, Manitoba

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Scottish Shortbread Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min./batch
  • Yield: 48 Servings
15 20 35

Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 4 to 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add 3-3/4 cups flour and mix well. Turn onto a floured surface. Knead for 5 minutes, adding enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
  • Roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut into 3-in. x 1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with fork. Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookies equals 123 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Scottish Shortbread in Country Woman July/August 1995, p29

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Reviewed on May. 16, 2013 by emmiehelm

The brown sugar made me skeptical but after baking and EATING these beauties, this is my new go-to shortbread recipe. You will love the great taste and texture of these classics.

Reviewed on Apr. 13, 2013 by ewsonera

Awesome, just like the real ones bought in Europe!

Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2013 by Lynnyssa

Super easy and delicious! My husband loves them.

Reviewed on Jun. 18, 2012 by Liz Provencher

Such a wonderful recipe! Easy and nice, wonderful texture and flavor. I added 1/2 tsp of Vanilla. I put in the 4 cups of flour then split the dough and added another 1/4 cup of flour to one batch and a 1/4 cup cocoa powder to the other batch. I made 8 dozen bite sized cookies from each batch. Will be making them often, so much better and cheeper then store bought!

Reviewed on Feb. 07, 2012 by maryhope

So easy and much more economical than purchasing tiny boxes of shortbread for more than the cost of a pound of butter

Reviewed on Sep. 15, 2011 by digbugsgirl

Wonderful basic shortbread recipe! I always have requests for these.

 
 

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