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Eating in by Sue Lawrence reveals a shortbread recipe tip given to her by Aggie MacKenzie's mum Joan which is to not roll out the dough to fill the tin completely but to allow it to be just a little bit shy of the edges. This allows the shortbread dough to move out during baking ad to fill the tine and cook evenly.

Shortbread Ingredients:

175g of self raising flour (replacing 2 teaspoons with 2 teaspoons of ground rice)
50g of sugar
100g of butter
Ground rice for sprinkling

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Shortbread Baking Directions:

1. Cream the butter and sugar until almost white and gradually add the flour.

2. Squeeze the whole mixture into a large ball.

3. Remove from the bowl and dust in ground rice.

4. Press into an 8inch square tin and smooth and make pinpricks all over.

5. Bake in the oven at 160c, 325f or gas mark 3 for 25 minutes.

5. Remove, dust with caster sugar and cut into 12 fingers

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6. Cool for 15 minutes in the tin.

7. Place on a rack until cold and store in an airtight tin.

Maw Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook has some of the history and traditions surrounding shortbread such as a cake of shortbread being broken over a bride's head as she steps over the threshold of her new home. This is done for luck and if the shortbread breaks into small pieces it is said that her marriage will be fruitful.

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To accompany her cookbook Maw Broon has an apron that makes an ideal gift for any cook and comes with a free shortbread recipe. Buy Now.

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Maw Broon's Shortbread

The Book Maw Broon's Cookbook has another traditional Scottish shortbread much like the scottishrecipes.co.uk shortbread recipe. The Maw Broon’s shortbread recipe suggests substituting some of the plain flour for semolina to give a crunchier shortbread biscuit. Buy Maw Broon's Cookbook at a discounted price and with free delivery available.

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Three Chimneys Shortbread

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Millionaire's Shortbread

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The Cookiepedia has a range of cookie and biscuit recipes and includes a shortbread recipe which can be cut into wedges, rounds or bars with instructions to cut shortbread into other shapes like coins, diamonds, shards and dominos. Alternative shortbread recipes include an espresso shortbread recipe and lavender lemon shortbread.

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