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Scottish Shortbread

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This Scottish dessert features Best unsalted butter, Superfine sugar, All-purpose flour. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 4
Calories: 1069.0
Dietary: Vegetarian
Description
This Scottish dessert features Best unsalted butter, Superfine sugar, All-purpose flour. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound Best unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup Superfine sugar
  • 2 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
Directions
  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
  2. 2
    Place butter in mixer and beat with paddle until soft and light.
  3. 3
    Beat in sugar in a stream and continue beating 5 to 10 minutes until the mixture is very light and whitened.
  4. 4
    Stir in the flour by hand until it absorbed, no more or the dough will toughen.
  5. 5
    Scrape the dough onto a floured surface and flour the dough with pinches of flour.
  6. 6
    Press the dough out with your hands, then
  7. 7
    roll over once or twice very gently with a rolling pin until the dough is about 1/2-inch thick.
  8. 8
    Cut the dough with floured cutters and transfer the cut pieces to a paper lined pan.
  9. 9
    Bake the shortbread for about 15 minutes until it is very lightly colored.
  10. 10
    Cool the shortbread on a rack.
  11. 11
    To use a shortbread mold to shape, press the mold into the floured dough and cut around it.
  12. 12
    Transfer the cut and molded dough to a paper lined pan and chill about 1 hour until firm.
  13. 13
    Bake as above

Nutrition Facts

Servings 4

Amount Per Serving
Calories 1069.0kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 47.5g74%
Saturated Fat 29.2g146%
Cholesterol 122.0mg41%
Sodium 4.4mg1%
Total Carbohydrate 144.1g49%
Dietary Fiber 4.1g17%
Sugars 30.5g
Protein 15.5g31%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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