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Scottish Short Bread Cookies

by sprucehill on December 16, 2009 in Cookies, Desserts

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Recipe Description

A Scottish family recipe handed down from my Great Aunt Mae. This is my most favorite Christmas cookie ever. It is a very easy recipe using three basic ingredients.

Preparation Instructions

Cream the butter and sugar together. Add flour, mix thoroughly. Roll into a small-sized ball and push down using a fork to flatten them a bit. Sprinkle with colored sugar or your favorite holiday decorations. Cook at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes, until it gets just a little brown around the edges.

They are just so good! Especially with a cup of tea.

Ingredients

1 cup Butter
½ cups White Sugar
2-½ cups Flour

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makachaken on 12.29.2009

I made these cookies yesterday and they were a huge hit. Hubby kept eating them until there was none left! Even our little girl, who’s 22mths old, was gobbling them down. I actually used 1 cup of plain flour and 1-1/2 cups of self raising flour, only because I didn’t have enough plain flour. It didn’t effect the cookies at all. Very yummy! Thanks for sharing this recipe

makachaken on 12.29.2009

I should add that I didn’t decorate the cookies with anything, just served them plain.

Tiffiny on 1.26.2010

My grandpa and I used to make these cookies – same recipe. I just lurves them! Over the years I’ve continued to make them and experiment with flavors and fillings since they’re so stupid simple. I make small wafers (1/8″ thick) and sandwich ganache between two baked cookies when they’ve cooled. Or I’ll press dough in to a mini muffin tin and fill with a wee bit of thick jam before baking. You can also add citrus zest or extracts to the creamed butter and sugar. They’re so versatile… just use your imagination.

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