True Scottish Shortbread Recipes

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 3-3/4 cups flour; mix well. Turn dough 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 3x1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with fork. Bake until cookies are lightly browned, 20-25 minutes. Cool.

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place butter in mixer and beat with paddle until soft and light. Beat in sugar in a stream and continue beating 5 to 10 minutes until the mixture is very light and whitened. Stir in the flour by hand until it absorbed, no more or the dough will toughen.
• Scrape the dough onto a floured surface and flour the dough with pinches of flour. Press the dough out with your hands, then roll over once or twice very gently with a rolling pin until the dough is about 1/2-inch thick. Cut the dough with floured cutters and transfer the cut pieces to a paper lined pan.
• Bake the shortbread for about 15 minutes until it is very lightly colored. Cool the shortbread on a rack.
• To use a shortbread mold to shape, press the mold into the floured dough and cut around it. Transfer the cut and molded dough to a paper lined pan and chill about 1 hour until firm. Bake as above.

REAL SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Sift cornstarch, sugar and flour together.
• Blend in butter until combined and then use hands to knead into a soft dough.
• Shape dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Place dough in the bottom of a greased 9x9-inch pan and bake at 300°F for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool completely in pan and cut into squares.
• Store in an airtight container.

EASY SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Gradually add flour and mix well. (Dough will be crumbly). Shape into a ball., On a lightly floured surface, press dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut out with a floured 1-in. diamond-shaped cookie cutter; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick each cookie with a fork. Reroll scraps if desired. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until firm. Cool for 2 minutes before carefully removing to wire racks to cool completely.,

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients together until just blended.
• Line a 9" X 9" baking pan with foil. Spray lightly with non-stick spray.
• Press dough into pan.
• Poke with a fork or drag fork across the top to make a pattern.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove BEFORE cookie gets browned. It will continue to cook a bit after removal.
• Carefully remove from the pan by lifting the foil right out of the pan.
• On a flat surface, cut the cookie into small bites sized pieces while it is still hot. If you wait too long, the cookie will only crumble.

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Knead dough until smooth, about 6-10 times. Pat dough into an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Pierce with a fork. , Bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes. Cut into squares while warm. Cool on a wire rack.

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9x9" or 7x11" baking pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, and cornstarch, mixing well.
• Slowly stir flour mixture into the melted butter, until well combined.
• Gently press dough into pan with knuckles.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.
• Immediately cut into 1" squares and sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• Allow shortbread to cool before removing from pan.