Balmoral Shortbread

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Broths to Bannocks: Cooking in Scotland 1690 to the Present Day

By Catherine Brown

Published 1990

  • About

Queen Victoria had a little of this almost every day.

Ingredients

  • ¾ lb flour
  • ½ lb butter
  • ¼ lb

Method

Rub in butter and sugar on a board, then work in flour lightly with fingertips. Roll out about an eighth of an inch thick, cut into circles, prick with a fork and bake on a greased tray in a moderate oven for about 15 minutes. These were always pricked in the same way at Buckingham Palace, in a domino pattern with three rows of three dots.