Authentic Scottish Shortbread Cookies

These are our favorite cookies to bake around the holidays. They’re buttery and delicious and come straight from Scotland.

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add sugar to room temperature butter and knead with hands.

  • 2. Add beaten egg and salt.

  • 3. Add flour gradually, continuing to knead dough with hands.

  • 4. Roll dough to ½ inch thickness and place on a cookie sheet with a lip.

  • 5. Cut dough into rectangular cookies (¾ inch by 2 inches). For a decorative touch, score each cookie 3 times with the tines of a fork, leaving 9 dots on the face of each cookie.

  • 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 200 degrees and continue to bake for 1 hour or until lightly golden brown.

  • 7. While cookies are still warm, cut again along same grid lines. Allow to cool completely on baking sheet.

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These dense, buttery cookies come straight from Scotland and make excellent Christmas cookies for friends and family.

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