Name: Scotch Shortbread: Modern Recipe
Yield: Makes two 6 inch/15 cm squares
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1½ tsp caraway seeds, or 2 tbsp sliced or chopped candied orange peel; 2 tbsp slivered almonds, finely chopped; 12 oz/3 cups/375 g flour; 8 oz/1 cup/250 g butter; 1 tbsp sliced or chopped candied orange peel (for topping); 1¾ oz/¼ cup/50 g sugar

Preparation info

Makes
two 6 inch
/

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Cooks and Their Recipes

By Anne Willan

Published 1977

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Ingredients

8 oz/1 cup/250 g butter
12 oz

Method

Heat the oven to No 4/350°F/175°C. Cream the butter, stir in the flour, sugar, caraway seeds if using, and chopped almonds, and work the mixture with your hand to form a ball. Turn it out on a floured marble slab or board and knead it with the heel of your hand until very smooth and it peels in one piece from the board.
Divide the mixture in two, set e

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