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"Something so simple yet so necessary to daily life. Wonderful dunked in a cup of milky coffee or tea."

Ingredients: powdered sugar, flour, butter...

"I got this recipe from my girlfriend Dale back in 1977; it was a favourite in her Scottish family. The colour is amazing!"

Ingredients: eggs, salt, white sugar...

"A light finale to a big dinner, this is too easy and tasty not to make."

Ingredients: sliced almonds, salt, sugar...

"Moulded Shortbread, Petticoat Tails or Shortbread Fingers: take your pick! "Whether moulded as rounds or shaped as petticoat tails or fingers, the crumbly buttery texture of shortbread guarantees it is welcome at any morning or afternoon tea" or served with some desserts such as my Passionfruit Flummery, Fresh Fruit Fool or Soft Fruit Fool...."

Ingredients: rice flour, fine semolina...

"When I was a young kid one or other of us in turn occasionally used to be allowed to wreak havoc in the kitchen. I used to make the most mess - but the best cakes! This is a recipe I asked for from the elderly Scottish pastry cook who used to live opposite. She even had me bake it one time in HER kitchen - none of my siblings were so privileged - boy..."

Ingredients: plain flour, salt, sugar...

"For all the lemon lovers :-) Prep time includes lots of chilling time."

Ingredients: fresh lemon juice, icing sugar...

"(Note: recipe has been corrected - please use 1 cup of milk, not 2)

These scones are lighter than many and easy to make. They tend to dry out after the first day, so store any left-overs in an airtight container. Over the years, my dad has made many variations on this recipe, substituting the currents with dried cranberries or dried strawberries..."

Ingredients: currants, egg yolks, milk...

"from gourmet magazine, i made these the minute i saw the recipe, very quick and easy and these have a great buttery taste."

Ingredients: cooking spray, salted mixed nuts...

"My Great-Aunt Mary makes this shortbread by hand every christmas, and it is the lightest, butteriest, most delicious tasting shortbread I have ever had. Use berry sugar to gain the right cookie texture."

Ingredients: salted butter, berry sugar...

"Fresh, warm, buttery "biscuits" with dried cranberries, drizzled with a little bit of a sweet orange glaze. My kids and grandkids (and I) loved 'em! Took a couple of different scone recipes and modified as I went along."

Ingredients: cinnamon, dried cranberries...

"This was the new cookie I tried for Christmas 2003 (found it in The Toronto Star newspaper). The kids didn't seem to go for them much, but all the adults really liked them. If you like the flavour combination of ginger and chocolate, then these cookies are for you! They're easy to make and keep very well when stored in airtight containers."

Ingredients: preserved gingerroot, semisweet chocolate...

"These look very nice and anything that is chocolate seems good to me and there is that "thing" that I have with Hershey's - so I beg of you, please put up with me. Of course, I found this on the Hershey's web site."

Ingredients: Hershey special dark chocolate chips and macadamia nuts, sugar...