Do any Scots have a Scottish Shorbread Recipe

[marblehead]

Looking for a Scottish Shortbread. I can't say that anything with "Crisco", Vanila, Eggs etc. sounds very authentic!

Hope you can help!

Don

[Susann]

Scottish Shortbread

1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour

Thoroughly cream sugar and butter. Add 2 1/2 cups of the flour and mix thoroughly. Turn out onto a surface floured with remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Knead dough until it cracks on surface. Roll out 1/4-inch thick and cut out with cutters. Prick cookies with fork tines and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 275° for about 45 to 55 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Makes about 2 dozen shortbread cookies.

[CM]

When I make shortbread, I like to use butter as the shortening and either confectioners' or extra-fine sugar. I also like to substitute some of the all purpose flour with a weaker flour such as pastry or cake flour, which would be more like the traditional shortbread because European flours have a lower protein content.

Although not traditional, I sometimes like to make an almond shortbread using almond meal and a few drops of pure almond oil as a variation!