Playtime and stuffie parties get sorted with this easy 3 ingredient Scottish shortbread cookies. Their crumbly soft texture reminded me of the soft bakery style butter cookies of my childhood. The use of brown sugar imparts a lovely molasses-y flavor to these cookies, that not just the kids but the adults will also be after the cookie tin!
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour – 1 to 1 ½ cups
- Butter – ½ cup
- Light brown sugar – ½ cup
Method
Mix the butter and sugar in a bowl until nice and creamy. Add 1 cup flour and mix well. Remove the dough onto a floured surface and knead well for about 5 minutes to form a soft dough. Add the remaining ½ cup of flour, if required, at this stage to achieve this consistency.
Roll out the dough to about ½ inch thickness and cut rectangular shapes of 1×3 inches (you can use cookie cutters and make circles too if you prefer). Transfer to a parchment lined sheet pan and arrange them an inch apart. Use a fork to prick them so as to help release the steam during the baking process.
Bake in a preheated oven at 325F for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool before storing the cookies in an airtight container for later.
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tried this but my cookies got burnt underneath!!! despite 162 Celsius conversion temp for 20 mins..
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Temperatures vary across ovens. If it starts browning you need to pull them out earlier
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You may not need 20 mts then .
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Wow!! I never knew my favourite shortbread cookies just needed 3 ingredients …thanks for posting this…I will try these also very soon….can i use normal sugar?Do you think it will make a big difference to the texture??
Your blog is inspiring me to get up and start baking !!! 🙂 🙂
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Nivi the use of normal sugar wouldn’t make a difference to the baking process in that it affects texture. But there will be a flavor difference. The brown sugar adds a nice caramely taste .
I am so happy that I can inspire people to bake. Thanks for sharing that🙏. Makes all this worthwhile!
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