Great Great Grandma's Shortbread 

I have a copy of my great great grans recipe from Scotland 1870-this is exactly the same recipe that's been in our family for generations! Everyone I've ever gifted these shortbread cookies has asked for the recipe and are shocked to find its so simple.

I just love your honesty by giving credit to the people you got the recipe from. Well presented.

Same recipe as I use, here in Rural Scotland. I roll mine into a Sausage and slice them. Patricia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💕

These work very well in a food processor. It only takes about a minute and you dont need worry about getting tough because no needing required. Usually we prick all over the shortbread with a fork to allow heat to penetrate. They are usually chilled in the freezer for 10 minutes or fridge for 30 minutes so as not to spread to much in the oven. As soon as they come out of the oven we cover the shortbread with Caster Sugar and let cool. Not sure what caster is were you are but it is finer than granulated but not as fine as icing Sugar. Sometimes you can put a teaspoon of jam on one biscuit and top it with another the a litte topping of water icing. These are called Empire Biscuits and are delicious. Ronnie from Scotland

add a 4th ingredient, sprinkle with light brown granulated sugar when you take them out to rest. they go from amazing to outstanding. or sandwich 2 together with raspberry jelly/jam and top with melted icing with a jelly tot on top for a delicious traditional Scottish "empire biscuit"

You are so real. That’s what most real kitchen workspaces look like, with dishes and utensils and flour everywhere! No birds singing or harps playing. No perfectly matched new everything!!!! lol. Thank you! And wonderful cookies by the way!!

its fruit fine sugar, very common in bakeries because it dissolves so easily. if your brownies are gritty then fruitfine will make them smooth on the palate. its also good in meringue. domino also sells superfine, sold on amazon. I'm a retired baker.

I always appreciate when recipes are provided in grams. Makes it easier to scale recipe. Otherwise, I have to convert a recipe to grams

Delightful!!! ❤Thank you!

Finally someone that makes the real thing. Thank you so much.

I didn’t used to weigh my ingredients but it’s amazing the difference you get with pockets in things like flour and powdered sugar. Even if you spoon it in.

😂😂😂 by far my favourite cooking video thingamabob. I love your authenticity. Much love from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Thank for the recipe will definitely try them. Best wishes from Jersey Channel Islands.

Thank you, thank you, I made them last night. They are the BEST.....

Thank you so much for sharing they sound delicious , I never have much luck with shortbread but you made it look so simple ! I always like to make shortbread for Christmas so I’ll definitely give them a try this year ! Merry Christmas 🎄 from Australia !🇦🇺 🎉🎉

Thanks for the video. I mix my dough in a food processor and the cookies comes out just great!

Apart from the lovely recipe, you are a lovely lady ! Greetings from the UK.

I made these as instructed and could barely wait for them to cool! Best recipe ever. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us.

Absolutely love your kitchen ❤ It looks like a real cooks kitchen... Keep up the great work 🥰♥️🥰♥️🥰

I have a Scottish shortbread recipe. My recipe calls for sifting 13 times. Fortunately I found a 3 level sifter. And only sift 4 times. My Grandfather and his siblings migrated here from Coates, Scotland. Most favorite Cooke at Christmas. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

I make shortbread cookies every year...I used to use my hands to blend everything together.....now I use the low mix cycle on my Kitchen Aid mixer for almost 2 minutes and then mix with my hands...They turn out absolutely DELICIOUS! I also add 1/2 tps. salt to my recipe.

I don’t have to taste these cookies from the moment you said 3 ingredients I already knew this would be the best shortbread ever. Merry Christmas God Bless tomorrow is my baking day for the holidays and your cookies are on my list. Thank you for sharing

Your saying Cookie Cookies ! Shortbread is a Cookie in itself. Just saying from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For those in the USA its just Shortbread. 😎 Proper Scottish Recipe is : White Sugar (not Frosting Sugar !) Plain Flour, and Unsalted Butter. That's it ! Rub in Sugar, Butter and Flour together. Combine until it all comes together and doesn't fall apart. DONT knead it... it will make it tough (if so add more Flour and turn it into Pastry !) Chill for x2 Hrs well wrapped. Flour a Surface, Roll out with a Rolling Pin. Cut into Fingers (thin Bars) or Pettitecoat (a Large Circle, marked into equal Triangles.) Get a Eating Fork, use the x4 Tines to Poke x4 Hole Patterns all over. This aides the Baking Process (it should not Rise. But bake Flat and even !) Take out of Oven, dusting with White Sugar. Allow Shortbread to Cool a little, cut apart pieces while Warm (not cold or it breaks when cutting apart.) Cool and Store on Greaseproof Paper in a Biscuit (Cookie) Storage Tin. Simples. Enjoy. 😎 Ideal for Hogmanay our name for Scottish New Year ! 🥳

These are my mothers favorite cookies her mother used to make them for her when she was a little girl my mother just passed away in 2020 and this is what I made for her last birthday present and mother was born in 1921 and her mother was born 40 years earlier so I am sure this is the same recipe my grandmother and my mother grew up with thank you again for the simplicity of four cups one cup and 1 pound Thank you Mothers birthday was December 16 and so I’d always fixes something she loved and she got to go to paradise on my father’s birthday and that was January 30 and expecting You’re blessing this year go beyond your expectations and air and dream your biggest dream you could have a dream and just say thank you Lord praise your holy name

My grandpa came from Scotland too and my mother taught me to make these when I was young. We used a drinking glass to cut them out and keep them round. They were a big favourite but I had forgotten them for the last 50 years. I am going to make some again because I remember how delicious they were. Thank you for the recipe and reminder. Australia 🇦🇺

Hi there, I really like your butter tart recipe as well 😊🤗

What a straight forward woman , some of these other bakers can’t make a video that gets straight to the point, to save their lives

Awesome bakes

I just read through at least 50 of the comments and did not see this info sooo: Bulk Barn 🇨🇦sells fruit sugar AKA Berry sugar AKA caster sugar near the bins of regular granulated white sugar. It is at least twice as expensive as regular granulated, though! Sooo, you can make your own by blitzing/pulsing regular granulated about 29-30 seconds in a processor. I’m on a quest to make a shortbread with the texture of Walkers. Perhaps this kneaded dough will be ‘it’! Thanks for your excellent demo and tips!

Yummy! Thank you for your recipe! I love shortbread cookies!!!

equal as those my great great grans always did..I do not never knew how she does..I will try it..

Lovly cookies hav to try thank u

I loved the recepie

This Shortbread is the easiest recipe I’ve ever seen for Scotch Shortbread. It looks great and I am about to try it out. I used to make it in a 8” round cake tin. I have a wooden mould of a thistle and flowers 12:13 and this was pressed into the tin to give it a nice pattern on top. It can then be taken out and sliced into small triangles. I’ll try this at the weekend. Thank you so much from a Scottish Lady x

Thank you Dale for sharing this recipe, they sound delicious! I am going to bake these with my young grand daughters tomorrow for Christmas! 🇦🇺 🎄🎉 🤶

My mother made these regularly .....she said that any recipe that has a lot of butter in it should be left to mature for a week or two ......i do that and the flavour gets better and better! I am 70 yrs old and my family still enjoys the same recipe. Loved your video and your attitude 😊

I'm a child of the '70s and this brought back memories. Grandma and my Mother use to cut up maraschino cherries out of a jar and place a tiny piece on the top of each cookie. I still have the round copper cookie cutter with the fluted edge she would use.

Oh my word! I made the cookies and turn your video again , haha made them the same time with you 😮 wooHoo yummmmm! So easy less stress , yes a little work out but WORTH it , thank you thank you again ♥️🎄 Have a bless Holiday, hello from Lancaster , Pennsylvania

Love this. Have never made a shortbread that rivaled my moms but this recipe was stress free and they are delicious.

Very light and nutritious biscuits

Thank you for making this video! I think I have just bought my last box of store shortbread cookies! Can’t wait to make these!

So funny and witty and lovely!😊

Thx for sharing 😊

I use powdered sugar instead of flower for rolling. Worked great!

I made these last year 😍 added sesame sauce to them to give them richer flavor. This shortbread is widely spread in the Middle East since ancient time and probably even quite common all across the Arab world including Turkey and bears the name of Ghreybe. I made little balls of the dough and pressed each with pistachio shreds. It was fun making it and takes no time in the oven at all. It should just hold shape and melt in the mouth. 😊 The difference between this dough and butter cookie’s is that there’s no eggs, no vanilla and no baking chemical powders just plain simple ingredients. You can go right ahead and make it flavorful if you wish using extracts or blossom water or spices just make sure you don’t overdo it and if you did add more flour and adjust sugar. The one I made with sesame sauce was superb.

I'm a sifter too ❤️. Thanks for sharing this

Love shortbread! - thank you for sharing ♥️

I made these today they melt in your month. Again thanks for sharing.

I had no idea shortbread involved all that kneading. I do love a good shortbread cookie. Thanks for sharing the process. It's good to know the simplicity of the ingredients - easy to remember.

Wow I really love your cookies thank you for sharing this delicious recipe God bless you all the time

They melt in your mouth! So delicious, love them. For sure a holiday favourite. Will try them myself now!

Looks delicious and simple here in Stirling Scotland I will have to convert the American cup to ounces and temp to C° but looks so easy must do this thanks recipe coming home again to Scotland on the web lol

These look sooooo DELICIOUS!!! I cannot wait to try to make these tonight. Thank You for sharing this wonderful recipe with Us. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. 😊❤️👍🏼👋🏼😋YUM!!!

Thanks for sharing I watching your video so great God bless you more

Those are similar to snowball cookies but it requires vanilla maybe a stand mixer would help all that kneading 😊

You are so cute and sweet You made it so enjoyable to watch you make the cookies .. I will certainly make these cookies tomorrow🥰😍

I think this is very similar to my grandmother's recipe from the turn of the century (1900s) which I have been looking for! Thank you!

I just made these they are amazing ....Everyone loved them and wanted your recipe so I shared your videos !!! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos I love them all !!!

Shortbread is my absolute favorite! I can't wait to make this recipe! They look wonderful! Thank you for sharing!!

Thank you for sharing! just found your channel today

I knew it! When I heard you say "aboot" instead of about, I knew you were Canadian! I'm almost Canadian in Minnesota "don't cha know". GREAT RECIPE! I'm always looking for a simple recipe for my sweet tooth.

I'm from Mexico and we also make this cookies, let me tell you they are delicious, my family loves them, Thank you so much for sharing ❤️

My version of fruit sugar is to put granulated sugar in a blender or processor, give it a whirl until it becomes very fine but not powder. Thanks for sharing the recipe and demonstration of kneading to the cracking stage.

Thank you for this recipe. Best shortbread cookies I ever had

I just made these. Maybe my butter wasn't Cold enough but my dough was quite sticky and stuck all over my hands. I added a little more flour and it became workable. Delicious in the end.

Kiaora Dale from New Zealand. This is the first time I've heard someone say that they didn't have fridges in those days. I love shortbread cookies, but that used to put me off so I always bought them. Now I'm definitely going to make this recipe because of the 3 ingredients. Thanks so much for sharing, wish me luck.

I like the low sugar. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely!! I use a box grater for the butter

Merry x'mas, I will try the cookies. Thx.

"You are a riot"! So fun, 😂, lol...

I LOVE shortbread cookies. I've never heard of fruit sugar. I think I could dress them up for Christmas by dipping part way into melted chocolate a day then sprinkles.

I used pastry cutter to blend the butter and then slow kneading hook on my Kitchen Aid, finishing with hand knead to cracking stage Cookies are tender I would not use unsalted butter next time though I did add 1/2 tsp salt I might also try golden brown sugar for more flavor

🎉thank you so much! I made them! Very delicious!

I love shortbread... I make mine as petticoat tails, sometimes with orange zest in.... also I roll it out using cornflour, rather than flour xx

I was always told a messy cook is a good cook

Looking for a good shortbread cookie recipe. Yours looks yummy ❤ Thank you for sharing. Btw looked at the comments after watching & honestly couldn’t believe the critique and criticism from ppl. Seriously to all those critical ppl-(old saying) If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all. This women shared a great shortbread recipe with us.. take it In the spirit it was given.. with hopes you’d all enjoy it too. ❤ Btw I loved it Happy Holidays 🎄

Just stumbled to your channel. You have made so easy easy to make and I sure will try do them with the guide you gave as you were making them I am so confident mine will come out great too. Thank you.

They look scrumptious, love the 3 ingredients...nice and simple👌🏼

Thank you so much Dale! I did try to bake the grand grandma shortbread cookies after watching your video for Christmas. Everyone just Love it ❤❤❤

I have my grandmother's recipe that has been passed down for generations. It's main ingredients are almost identical to yours. The only difference is, my recipe uses regular white sugar and we've always made it in cake type pans (not as individual cookies). Back when I was young, my mother and grandmother would make an aluminum foil collar in the cake pan to make the shortbread the right size as per recipe instructions. One couldn't get a shortbread pan where we lived in those days. I could get one now, but choose to do it as I was taught. (Old habits die hard.) The original recipe states that the rounds of shortbread are to be "fired" in the oven, so we've had to guess over the years what the temp should actually be. Our shortbread is quite thick and once it's stone cold, we break off bits to serve. We all cherish this recipe and I've actually used it for shortbread pastry base and for icebox type cookies with cherries and nuts. It's such a great basic recipe.

Pretty close to my grandmother's swedish shortbreads. We do a frosting and sandwich them together. They freeze fantastically.

Thank you for sharing, our favorite cookies, can’t wait to make them

The Shortbread cookie looks great, thanks♥️🌹

Yay, and you don't even have to refridgerate them first! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your friend's recipe! They look Delicious!

Just found you channel, read the name The Messy Cook and immediately identified with you. We must be sistas from anotha motha, I swear! I just subscribed and look forward to many more videos💕.

Great recipe

Thank you for making my Christmas better. Merry Christmas and Happy New year xx

Yes once a year...delicious

Thanks for sharing! I’m excited to try this recipe! ❤️

My recipe is the same. My mother was from the north of England and this was her mother's. We have made it with a stand mixer and the cookies always turned out fine. Pricking the cookie with a fork before baking helps prevent air pockets from forming. I even decorate with bits of glaced cherries.

Hi...I just finished making my shortbread ...I got the recipe from my brother in law who got it from his grandmother...I is done the same way but he used 3 cups of flour. I see you used 4 cups...I will be making more in the next few days to ship off to my sister in law...but this time I will use 4 cups instead of 3 cups of flour. Yours looked better.....Thanks for the video and I will be doing it all by hand instead of my mixer. Merry Christmas.

Thank you for this recipe.

I love your energy! I will definitely try this recipe😍

I cannot wait to try this recipe. I love shortbread.

Made these 2 days ago. So yummy! Flaky, melts in your delicious. Time to make some more.

Hi, been baking all kinds of cookies for the past week or so. Just saw this video and I’m going to try the short breads. But I think I’m gonna put some almond flavor in it and put some icing on the top when you’re done.

Thank you very much for sharing

Love your show

This is my family’s recipe as well. Fructose/fruit sugar only though.