Traditional Scottish Shortbread
These Scottish shortbreads are crispy to bite but will melt in your mouth. Traditional recipes use lots of butter and this one calls for 1.5 cups. It also calls for icing sugar and cornstarch. If you are looking for a delightful traditional shortbread that is quick and easy to make, then you found it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups softened butter
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup cornstarch
- ΒΌ tsp salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Mix with your hands until you form a big ball of dough.
- Transfer dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet and press the dough to cover the whole sheet. Using a knife, score the dough to shape small rectangular biscuits. Using a fork, poke each biscuit with the traditional Scottish pattern.
- Bake at 300 F for 20 - 30 minutes, until the bottoms are very lightly browned
- Transfer to a paper towel-covered wire rack to cool.
Notes
You can also roll these out and use cookie cutters to make Christmas cookies. Of course, the number of biscuits or cookies you get will depend on how big you make each one. I can get three dozen biscuits using a large baking sheet.