Shortbread

I am obsessed with keeping recipes. I love having a record of what I cook, so when writing a recipe my first source is my own files. Finding this recipe made me laugh: it must be the last one I have that is in imperial weights and measurements, and now of course I use metric. This is a very simple recipe and, whatever source you find, your recipe will probably be very similar to this one.

Shortbread has a long and noble history, dating as far back as the 12th century. It was origina