Uncle Bill's Scotch Shortbread Cookies
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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48 cookies
ingredients
- 8 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift flour with baking powder and salt.
- In a separate mixing bowl, mix together butter, sugar and almond extract; beat until very light and fluffy.
- Combine butter mixture with flour and mix by hand until dough is very smooth.
- If dough is too hard to handle, refrigerate for about 1/2 hour to chill.
- Form dough into 1 inch balls.
- Place dough balls on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Flatten to desired thickness, about 1/4 inch thick using the bottom of a drinking glass preferably with a pattern on the bottom.
- Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
- DO NOT OVERBAKE.
- Store cookies in a container with lid.
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Reviews
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These are incredible! I've been searching for my idea of the ultimate shortbread cookie and this is it. I have always made my cookies with icing sugar and cornstarch. They are excellent and I love them but they aren't my dream shortbread lol. These are! One thing I did differently though was to dip the bottom of my glass in sugar before pressing down on the cookies. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe!
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Thanks Uncle Bill for a very authentic and easy Scottish recipe! I made 24 of these irresistible wee cookies, and as I couldn't get the almond essence, stirred in about a teaspoon of vanilla sugar. I have some other recipes, which are unfortunately weighed in pounds and ounces,- since moving here I cook using the easier cup measures. They melt in the mouth, and are a favourite with my family
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These divine cookies just melt in your mouth. The dough is very soft but not unmanagable. I used vanilla extract - did not have almond - and dredged icing sugar over mine to serve. Please note that the number of cookies you get is WAY off!!! I changed the size to 12 cookies for the right ingredient measurements and got 48 cookies.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
From Uncle Bill's Kitchen contains tried-and-true, tested, easy to follow reipes for both novice and experienced cooks. You'll find old Russian, Ukrainian, and other ethnic favorites, along with modern West Coast dishes. The Nutrient Analysis will please the health conscious. Uncle Bill's favorite recipes will reward efforts of the most creative cook and provide the family with many tantalizing, healthful meals.
I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ.
I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.