Scotch Shortbread
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon water
1 pound butter softened
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Measure sugar into bowl & sprinkle with water. Cream butter into sugar with a wooden spoon. Add flour and salt and knead dough with your hands until dough pulls away from side of bowl as well as your hands. Press dough into a ungreased 9 x 13-inch glass baking pan. Spread it flat right into the corners. Prick with fork about at 1 inch intervals. Sprinkle all with 1/4 cup white sugar. Bake at 275F for one hour or until pale golden. Cut while hot into diamonds or rectangle shapes. A pizza cutter works the best. Let cool.
Note: Kindly contributed by Beth
Reviews of Scotch Shortbread:
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A cookie baker in Alton, NH Dec 20, 2007
Would make this again.
This was a new recipe to try and I absolutely LOVE the results! Everyone thought they were scrumptious. I'm making another batch as I type!
A cookie baker in Southern Africa Dec 1, 2007
Would make this again.
this recipe is great, it's easy to follow and tastes good :D
A cookie baker in MD in MD Dec 13, 2006
Would make this again.
Terrific recipe. It was so easy to make! My friends loved the recipe as well. One friend, said it was the best cookie she had ever had.
A cookie baker in Scotland Dec 11, 2006
Would make this again.
Not a bad recipe at all, pretty much like the original. Just one thing...it's Scottish Shortbread. 'Scotch' shortbread indicates that it has whisky in it!
A cookie baker in NJ Dec 9, 2006
Would make this again.
I have been making this recipe every Christmas for the past 6 years and they are always the family favorite.
