Scottish Shortbread With Brown Sugar Recipes

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD IV

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cream butter and brown sugar. Add 3 to 3 3/4 cups flour. Mix well.
• Sprinkle board with the remaining flour. Knead for 5 minutes, adding enough flour to make a soft dough. Roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 3x1 inch strips. Prick with fork and place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 3-3/4 cups flour; mix well. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead for 5 minutes, adding enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut into 3x1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with fork. Bake until cookies are lightly browned, 20-25 minutes. Cool.

SCOTTISH BROWN SUGAR SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cream butter and brown sugar and vannilla (optional).
• Add 3 to 3 3/4 cups flour. Mix well.
• Sprinkle board with the remaining flour. Knead for 5 minutes, adding enough flour to make a soft dough.
• Roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Press out shapes or cut into 3x1 inch strips. Prick with fork and place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.

SCOTTISH BROWN SUGAR SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar.
• Add 3-3/4 cups flour; mix well.
• Sprinkle a board with some of the remaining flour.
• Place butter/sugar/flour mixture on the floured board. Knead for 5 minutes, adding enough of the remaining flour to make a soft, non-sticky dough.
• Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into three-inch by one-inch strips.
• Place strips one inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Use a fork on a slight angle and prick each strip six times.
• Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 25 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.

SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place butter in mixer and beat with paddle until soft and light. Beat in sugar in a stream and continue beating 5 to 10 minutes until the mixture is very light and whitened. Stir in the flour by hand until it absorbed, no more or the dough will toughen.
• Scrape the dough onto a floured surface and flour the dough with pinches of flour. Press the dough out with your hands, then roll over once or twice very gently with a rolling pin until the dough is about 1/2-inch thick. Cut the dough with floured cutters and transfer the cut pieces to a paper lined pan.
• Bake the shortbread for about 15 minutes until it is very lightly colored. Cool the shortbread on a rack.
• To use a shortbread mold to shape, press the mold into the floured dough and cut around it. Transfer the cut and molded dough to a paper lined pan and chill about 1 hour until firm. Bake as above.

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.

BROWN SUGAR SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually stir in flour and mix well. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 3 minutes. Pat into a 1/3-in.-thick rectangle measuring 11 in. x 8 in. , Cut into 2-in. x 1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with a fork. , Bake at 300° for 25 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.