Scotch Shortbread: Modern Recipe

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

Preparation info

Makes
two 6 inch
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Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Cooks and Their Recipes

By Anne Willan

Published 1977

About

Ingredients

8 oz/1 cup/250 g butter
12 oz

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Dinner
England
Vegetarian

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