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Shortbread (Scotch)

From The housewife's referee, 1898

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 157. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shortbread) Scotch. — Put two pounds of butter in some warm place overnight where it will become gradually soft without melting. Take two quarterns of flour and mix with half a pound of castor sugar ; add these to the butter, and knead the whole till it appears like a dough ; then add a tablespoonful or two of yeast

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