Buggys Shortbread Ii Recipes

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Blend all ingredients well. Dough will be stiff.
• Press into a 9 x 9 inch buttered dish. Prick top with a fork.
• Bake until pale golden brown on the edges. Cool and cut into squares.

SHORTBREAD COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in vanilla; add flour and mix well.
• Put through cookie press and form cookies onto baking sheets. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes.

BASIC SHORTBREAD FINGERS

Steps:

• Butter an 8 1/2-inch cake or springform pan; set aside. Sift together flour and salt into a small bowl; set aside. Place butter in bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Cream until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add sugar, and continue to beat until very light in color and fluffy, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, about 2 minutes more. Add vanilla, if using. Add flour mixture, and combine on low speed, scraping with spatula if necessary, until flour is just incorporated and dough sticks together when squeezed with fingers.
• Pat dough into prepared pan. If rolling out dough to cut into shapes, form into a flat disk; wrap in plastic. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Roll dough to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 1-by-3-inch rectangles. Score with a knife; chill. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Bake until firm and just starting to color, 20 to 25 minutes.

BUGGY'S SHORTBREAD II

Steps:

• In a medium bowl cream butter with an electric mixer for 1 minute at medium speed.
• Add powdered sugar while mixer is still running, scraping down the bowl 2 times.
• Add flour mixing until just blended.
• Place dough between 2 pieces of waxed paper and roll out to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
• Place waxed paper on a cookie sheet in refrigerator for 1/2 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Remove top sheet of waxed paper and slid dough off of waxed paper onto floured counter.
• Cut with cookie cutters.
• Place onto cookie sheet that has been very greased or sprayed lightly with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle with colored sugar or other decorations as desired.
• Bake for 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned.