Scottish shortbread. Finest Quality Variety of Certified Organic Black, Green & Herbal Teas. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Scottish Shortbread Tips Are shortbread and butter cookies the same? While both have a higher proportion of butter in their recipes, butter cookies contain more sugar and flour, are baked at a higher temperature and tend to hold their shape when baked. Shortbread typically has a higher ratio of butter to flour, is baked at a lower temperature and has a dry, crumbly melt-in-your-mouth quality.
Traditional Scottish Shortbread Recipe Perfectly crumbly, irresistibly buttery and wonderfully delicious, Scottish Shortbread has been a year-round favorite treat for centuries!
Shortbread is as basic and simple as a cookie (biscuit) can get.
Place butter in mixer and beat with paddle until soft and light.
You can cook Scottish shortbread using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Scottish shortbread
- Prepare 2 cup of salted butter (soft).
- It's 1 cup of brown caster sugar.
- You need 4 cup of self raising flour.
- You need 1 of tab vanilla essence.
In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Gradually add flour and mix well. (Dough will be crumbly). Shortbread is one of the most famous Scottish cookies. It is eaten around Christmas and is also an essential part of a traditional Scottish New Year ( called Hogmanay).
Scottish shortbread instructions
- Have your oven on at 180’ or gas mark 5. Beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla essence..
- Add flour and mix it well in the mixing bowl. Turn on to a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1cm/½in thick..
- Cut into rectangle shape and place onto a baking tray. Use a fork to press down lightly to make the pattern. Sprinkle with caster sugar..
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool on a wire rack. It’s simply delicious 😋.
The success of a "shortie"—the Scottish nickname for shortbread—is to handle the dough with care and work it as little as possible. Authentic Scottish Shortbread has nothing in it but flour, butter, and sugar. No flavourings of any kind, other than a pinch of salt. No vanilla, no chocolate chips, etc. It is also formed into either fingers, or in a wheel a little less than half an inch thick; with crimped edges to honour the sun.