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Real Scottish Shortbread




Source of Recipe


Ezine


List of Ingredients




1 C white sugar
1 t  water
1 # butter softened
4 C all-purpose flour
1/2 t  salt



Recipe



Measure sugar into bowl & sprinkle with water. Cream butter into sugar with a wooden spoon.
Add flour and salt and knead dough with your hands until dough pulls away from side of bowl as well as your hands.
Press dough into a ungreased (pyrex) cookie sheet.
Spread it flat right into the corners.
Prick with fork about at 1 inch intervals.
Sprinkle all with 1/4 cup white sugar.
Bake at 275 for one hour or until pale golden.
Cut while hot into diamonds or rectangle shapes.
A pizza cutter works the best. Let cool.