Scottish Shortbread

Irish, Scottish, any – ha ha.  Just kidding!  I mean value the Scots take away equal fourth dimension today, particularly since they bring such a rich accent too.  Rrrrollling the Rrrr’s, hi any blows upwards your kilt!

Everybody’s making corned beef as well as cabbage as well as having a beer as well as perhaps fifty-fifty Irish Gaelic Soda Bread.  So I idea it would move fun to brand something different.  I love to move different.  Besides I’m equal parts Irish Gaelic as well as Scottish (about 1/8 each) thus there! 

I’d never made shortbread earlier as well as goodness was it easy!  I dearest that it didn’t brand besides much.  Just a quick cookie fix!

 

Gather your flour, cornstarch, carbohydrate as well as unsalted butter.  (I used the skillful butter from Ireland!)

Sift the flour cornstarch as well as carbohydrate into a large mixing bowl.

Using a pastry blender or your fingers, rub or cutting the butter into the flour mixture until you lot tin knead it into a soft dough.

It came together thus easily.

I loathe to acknowledge how long I’ve had this Pampered Chef Cookie mold, as well as never used it until now. (Longer than 10 years simply non to a greater extent than than 15!)  I e'er idea it was a non bad kitchen ornamentation as well as I’ve in conclusion position it to skillful use.  This item clay mold should move sprayed lightly alongside Pam, the excess blotted alongside a newspaper towel as well as a lite dusting of flour applied. 

Divide the dough inward one-half as well as press into the cookie mold.  Holding the mold upright, tap on a rigid border protected alongside a folded kitchen towel.  As the dough starts to line away from the mold, invert over a baking canvass as well as carefully house the dough on the parchment lined cookie sheet.  Repeat alongside the remaining dough.

Bake inward a preheated 325 marking oven for 35 to twoscore minutes or until pale inward color.

Immediately sprinkle alongside additional carbohydrate as well as allow the cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.

Buttery as well as lite as well as crunchy.  Everything a cookie should be.

I recently made iii Irish Gaelic themed recipes thus if you’re nevertheless looking for your novel favorite dish, you lot may savor checking these:

Irish Soda Bread

Baileys Irish Gaelic Cream Mousse Pie

Mom’s Sugar Cookies

If you’re going out to party, delight move careful!  Have a Guinness for me please, or some Jameson, I’m non besides picky.

If I haven’t told you lot this lately, I actually appreciate you lot taking the fourth dimension to read these recipes as well as watch alongside me for a few minutes similar a shot as well as then.  So give cheers you lot and Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  Be certain to apparel your green!

  

Old Irish Gaelic Blessing

May the route ascent to encounter you,
May the air current move e'er at your back,
The Sun smoothen warm upon your face,
The pelting autumn soft upon your fields,
And until nosotros encounter over again
May God concord you lot inward the hollow of his hand.
Author Unknown

Scottish Shortbread
3/4 loving cup all-purpose flour
1/4 loving cup cornstarch
1/4 loving cup sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
1/2 loving cup unsalted (sweet) butter, diced

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Prep the cookie mold according to manufacturer instructions.  Line a baking canvass alongside parchment paper.

Sift the flour, cornstarch as well as carbohydrate together inward a mixing bowl.  Using a pastry blender, cutting inward the butter until a soft dough starts to form.  Knead dough until good blended.  Just a infinitesimal or two.  Press one-half the dough into the cookie mold.   Holding the mold upright, tap on a rigid border protected alongside a folded kitchen towel.  As the dough starts to line away from the mold, invert over the baking canvass as well as carefully house the dough on the parchment lined cookie sheet.  Repeat alongside the remaining dough.

Bake for 35 to twoscore minutes or until golden inward color.  Immediately sprinkle carbohydrate on transcend as well as cool on a wire rack earlier serving.

Adapted from The Ultimate Cookie Book

Enjoy!

Thanks thus much for stopping past times

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com