Anybody else love shortbread?

[XanaDUer2]

My favorite, and, imo, best shortbread is walker's from Scotland. I'm sure the carbs are off the chart.

[randr]

1. Mammys little baby is said to have a taste for short bread

[sl8]

6. +1 Well said. nt

[XanaDUer2]

14. Lol, that's me nt

[Runningdawg]

2. Yes! We lived with my Irish grandmother, her best friend was British.

I still have proper tea at least a couple of times per week. I've been making it and other tea biscuits for decades, before I retired, I was the secret baker for a co-worker with a Scottish family. They all just loved her shortbread!
I started fruitcake today that wont be ready until Christmas Eve.

[Backseat Driver]

7. Nice - I made a really dark fruitcake one year back when I was more ambitious

with nuts, candied fruit, citron, and reconstituted dried apricots; then soaked and covered with gauze cloth full of whiskey? until the holiday; it was pretty potent, LOL! Are you going to prepare your own eggnog to go with? - I've heard via Alton Brown's recipe?maybe, the longer it sits in the fridge (up to 3 months) the better the flavor mellows with that creamy texture.

[XanaDUer2]

9. Mmmm, boozy fruitcake

[Runningdawg]

19. I'm allergic to nuts and hate citron, I'm forced to make my own.

I used to modify my granny's recipe until I had Black Cake from Guyana. Perfection! It has more the texture of fudge, or baked pudding than cake. The smooth texture comes from fruit being aged so long it becomes a paste. There are dates, prunes, currents, 2 types of raisins and cherries, with lemon, lime and orange zest rounding it out. I'm using Bacardi Gold rum. The same cake in Trinidad/Tobago and Jamaica, uses Port wine.
I'm the only one in my family who likes eggnog. I buy a quart or 2 every season from a near-by Mennonite dairy. But I do still make real mincemeat, with smoked pork.

[Phoenix61]

12. I make my fruit cake the weekend before Thanksgiving.

I skip the candied fruit and use dried pineapple, papaya, apricots, dates, and raisins. I add some pecans and walnuts for a little crunch. I soak the papaya and pineapple in Capt Morgan’s Spiced Rum to soften before mixing into the batter. I let the cakes sit for a day to dry then wrap them in cheesecloth and soak in Capt Morgan’s Spice Rum until the week before Christmas when they go to friends who have bought them. I usually make a dozen but this year looks like I’m making 18!

[QED]

3. Definitely! I love Walker's

I ordered directly from them - and they included a free tin in the package. World Market has a very full inventory of it for the holidays.

Have you tried the Ecclefechan Tarts?

[XanaDUer2]

4. No, I'll have to check that out, thanks! Nt

[SharonClark]

10. No factory shortbread tastes as good as homemade.

Shortbread is easy to make, try it out.

I was staying at a B&B in Peeples, home of Campbell biscuit company, and the fragrance of baking shortbread permeated the neighborhood. Even for a shortbread lover like me, it was too much.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Is there a drool emoji? Nt

[Backseat Driver]

5. I love Keebler's Pecan Sandies - Does that count as a shortbread?

I eaten and enjoyed Walkers, but growing up I'd definitely eat a whole box of Lorna Doons or Girl Scout Trefoils...

[XanaDUer2]

8. It does!

Bought them myself

[Polly Hennessey]

13. I'm with you on the Lorna Doone's.

Loved them as a kid; still love them.

[Sogo]

15. My brother-in-law's brother-in-law worked for Keebler

and "invented" the Pecan Sandies....

[pansypoo53219]

16. yes. so i found recipe in the settlement cookbook. i make good shortbread.

but i make variations. toasted coconut my fav now. coffee, pecan, almond. sesame. etc.

[Easterncedar]

17. Shortbread from my grandmother's recipe is the centerpiece of every family gathering

Her folks were from Wales.

[intrepidity]

18. And how!

One of my, if not most, favorite cookies.

[Marthe48]

20. I use a recipe from an old cookbook

I like it, but I make it for my friend, who LOVES it. She was getting the Lorna Doones, but decided she liked them too much

It is easy to make, not many ingredients

[XanaDUer2]

21. I just ate one nt

[Marthe48]

22. as in one cookie

or one sleeve? lol My friend can knock off the whole pack in less than 24 hrs. lol

[XanaDUer2]

23. one, but I'll eat the whole box nt