English Shortbread Cookies
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- Number of Servings: 80
Ingredients
1 pound butter (4 sticks/2 cups)8 cups white flour1.75 cups granulated sugar, 2 eggs1/4 tsp cream of tarter1/2 tsp baking soda1/2 cup milk1 tsp lemon extract (or substitute with almond)yellow food coloring (if desired) candied cherry for garnishment (if desired)
Mix flour, butter and sugar together. Mix will be powdery.
Mix rest of ingredients, add to dry mix.
Roll dough 1/4" thick and cut out (I use a round drinking glass for a cutter). They could also be pressed into a shortbread cookie mold. Add 1/2 of candied cherry to center of cookie as decoration.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes on a ungreased cookie sheet.
Makes aprox 6 1/2 dozen cookies.
Mix rest of ingredients, add to dry mix.
Roll dough 1/4" thick and cut out (I use a round drinking glass for a cutter). They could also be pressed into a shortbread cookie mold. Add 1/2 of candied cherry to center of cookie as decoration.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes on a ungreased cookie sheet.
Makes aprox 6 1/2 dozen cookies.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 105.6
- Total Fat: 4.9 g
- Cholesterol: 17.2 mg
- Sodium: 43.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 14.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
Member Reviews
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OKLAMEG1
My Grandmother came to the US from Scotland in 1906. This is the same as her recipe for "Shortbread Cookies", except that she didn't use lemon extract, she used vanilla. She topped a cookie with home made current jam, and topped with a 2nd cookie center cut out, and then baked. Delicious! - 2/4/13
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BIG_SCOTS_LASS
I'm sorry, but that is not shortbread. Real shortbread is made with butter, sugar and flour - nothing else. This recipe sounds more like German biscuits that my mother used to make. - 9/20/09
Reply from IORGMA (12/3/09)
I see a lot of people calling things "Chinese" or "Mexican" and they sure aren't authentic. It is simply a family recipe that has been handed down, and this is what it was called and where it came from.