Рецепт Scottish Shortbread Recipe...Christmas Special.

Every year I bake fruit cake for Christmas and this year I shortlisted on my favorite Scottish shortbread. As the name implies this shortbread cookie is Scottish in A little more about Scottish Shortbread; it is one of the most famous treats of Scotland and it date back to centuries. The first versions were made from the remnants of dough left over from breadmaking and contained fine oatmeal and yeast. This dough was sprinkled with sugar and perhaps some spices, and then baked slowly in a cool oven to produce a very hard, dry biscuit-bread, w hich didn't spoil quickly. As time passed the yeast was replaced with homemade butter and oatmeal with flour...resulting in a recipe that produces the melt-in-your-mouth In those…