---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Scottish Shortbread
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 20 servings
 
      1 c  Butter; softened
    1/2 c  Sugar; plus
      2 tb Sugar
      2 c  Sifted all purpose flour
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Baking powder
 
    Heat the oven to 350 deg. Beat the butter til it's light & creamy. Add
  1\2 C sugar and beat until mixture is fluffy. Sift the flour, salt & powder
  together & fold into the butter mixture. Put the dough on an unbuttered
  baking sheet & pat into a 1/2" thick rectangle. Mark the dough into 1"x2"
  bars with the point of a knife. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar & bake in
  the center of the oven for 15 min., until the edges are very lightly
  browned. Cool for 15 min. on baking sheet then cut into bars as marked.
 
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