How will make marvelous Scottish Shortbread biscuits?
 Scotland is not the other name for shortbreads but it is surely the
birthplace of shortbreads. At least people believe it to be. You can
have these shortbread biscuits with tea, coffee or even with a glass of
vodka. They are a very good option when you feel like having a light
snack. They are crispy and scrumptious. Many people around the world
love to eat shortbread biscuits. If you belong to this category then you
are at the right place. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have made
Scottish shortbread biscuits on your own? Wouldn’t it be easier for you
to prepare them at home than running to the bakery store at the drop off
a hat? So what are you waiting for? Get going. Scottish shortbread
biscuits are easy to prepare. The recipe is simple and the ingredients
used are not expensive. You can always store these biscuits at home or
give away to friends and relatives as gifts.
Ingredients:
If you have decided that you will make awesome Scottish shortbread
biscuits at home then you will need 8 oz of butter, 6 oz of plain flour,
4 oz of self raising flour, and 2 oz of corn flour and 4 oz of castor
sugar. You cannot use any kind of butter you like. The biscuits will
melt in your mouth only when you use butter of a good quality. You
cannot replace butter with margarine or lard. Margarine or lard will not
give the exclusive taste of butter in these biscuits.
Things that you will require:
You will need a kitchen hob, an oven, sieve, saucepan, two sponge tins,
knife, fork, spoon and greaseproof paper. You don’t need any special
kind of equipment to prepare the Scottish shortbread biscuits.
The main course: Preparation of the biscuits
You need to sift the corn flour, self raising flour, corn flour and
castor sugar together in a bowl. Melt all the butter on a hob. You have
to stir the butter continuously while you melt it. Make sure that all
the butter has melted and then spread it over the mixture of flour and
sugar. Mix all the ingredients to get smooth dough. Now put the
greaseproof paper in both the sponge tins. Divide the dough in two parts
and put them in the sponge tins which were lined with greaseproof paper.
Don’t forget to prick both the dough pieces with a fork.
The Scottish shortbread biscuits need to be baked at 300 degrees F for
fifteen to twenty minutes. Then you have to take out the sponge tins.
Divide the dough into rectangular sections and put it back into the
sponge tin. Repeat the same thing for the other sponge tin. You have to
again put the sponge tins in the oven at 300 degrees F for thirty five
minutes so that they are fully baked. They become light brown in color
once they are completely baked. Don’t burn the biscuits by overcooking
them.
Allow the biscuits to cool down. Run a knife along the marked sections.
Take out the pieces carefully as they are brittle. Spread some sugar on
top of each biscuit if you like sugar a lot. But the biscuits can be
eaten even without the sprinkled sugar on top. They taste marvelous and
are easy to prepare. But don’t leave the biscuits just like that. Keep
them in a proper airtight jar. You could have also cut the dough into
traditional Scottish symbols. The biscuits will become exceptional. But
don’t try to shape them as the “thistle”, a traditional Scottish symbol.
Many Scotts will not find it fair.
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