Email to Stella      

Shortbread: Scottish Whipped Shortbread

Source of Recipe

gaylea.com


Recipe Introduction

A traditional melt-in-the-mouth kind of shortbread handed down from generation to generation.

List of Ingredients

1 lb. Gay Lea Butter, softened 454 g
1 cup icing sugar 250 mL (confectioner's sugar)
1/2 cup cornstarch 125 mL
3 cups flour 750 mL
1 tsp vanilla extract 5 mL



Recipe

Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line cookie sheet with parchment paper, if possible. Cream butter. Sift together icing sugar, cornstarch and flour. Put butter, dry ingredients and vanilla in electric mixer and beat until the consistency of whipped cream. Drop from teaspoon onto cookie sheet. May be decorated with small pieces of green or red cherries or coloured sprinkles. Bake at 350ºF (180ºC) for 15 to 20 minutes. Stores well in covered tin.

Makes 5 dozen. Preparation time: 15 minutes. Baking time: 15 - 20 minutes.