Scottish Bakers Shortbreads 1959

Submitted by andypandy

"This recipe comes from a friends grandfather who was a baker is Scotland many years ago."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 4 dozen

ingredients

• 2 cups butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups superfine sugar (castor)
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 dash salt (optional)

directions

1. Cream the butter and sugar very well.
2. Sift the flours after measuring and combine together.
3. Add flours to creamed mixture very gradually blending well after each addition.
4. Knead on bread board for ten minutes.
5. Lightly flour the bread board and roll our to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
6. Cut into rounds with a cookie cutter and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Prick gently with a fork.
8. Cover lightly and chill for an hour.
9. This lets the gluten in the flour rest and relax from all the kneading.
10. Bake in preheated 300 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes, depends on your oven.
11. Bake until light tan in colour.
12. Remove from oven and onto a wire rack.
13. Store in a air tight container in a warm place.( cupboard).
14. Allow to mellow and age for 1 to 2 weeks.
15. Should make 4 dozen cookies.

Reviews

[fruii]

This shortbread turned out perfectly.Crisp and buttery. Just the type of recipe I was looking for, as I wanted to make petticoat tails, like Walkers Shortbread do. Petticoat tails ( triangle pieces of shortbread) remind me of Christmas as a child at my grandparents beach house in Queensland, Australia. Only changes I made were that I made 3 rounds of shortbread ( instead of single biscuits) and marked wedges with a knife into the rounds before cooking, then whilst hot from the oven re bladed the knife cuts and left to cool on the tray on a wire rack. Used ring form pan without base as guide to press dough into and then remove ring pan to have a perfect circle. Crimp edges. Same cooking time and temperature. Otherwise I followed recipe exactly. Now they are all packed into plastic takeaway containers between layers of greaseproof paper to mellow before Christmas. Made a heap and much cheaper than buying from the shops. Thankyou Andy!!