Best Scotch Cookies Recipes

SCOTCH SHORTBREAD (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Beat butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Mix in flour.
• Wrap dough and chill for about 1 hour, or until firm enough to roll out.
• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Roll dough out on lightly floured board.
• Cut out cookies.
• Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned at edges.

UNCLE BILL'S SCOTCH SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• In a separate mixing bowl, mix together butter, sugar and almond extract; beat until very light and fluffy.
• Combine butter mixture with flour and mix by hand until dough is very smooth.
• If dough is too hard to handle, refrigerate for about 1/2 hour to chill.
• Form dough into 1 inch balls.
• Place dough balls on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Flatten to desired thickness, about 1/4 inch thick using the bottom of a drinking glass preferably with a pattern on the bottom.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
• DO NOT OVERBAKE.
• Store cookies in a container with lid.

SCOTCH MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Combine oats and rasins,sift flour mixture over top.
• Combine remaning ingredients in bowl.
• Pour over dry ingredients,mix well.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls 2-3 inches apart onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes.

APPLE SCOTCH COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together softened butter with brown sugar.
• Add eggs and milk; beat well.
• Mix and sift flour, baking powder, salt and spices; stir into creamed mixture.
• Stir in apples, walnuts, raisins and butterscotch pieces.
• Drop by tablespoons on well-greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheets immediately, cool on racks.

SCOTCH OAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Dissolve soda in boilig water and add to mixture.
• Roll out on floured pastry sheet.
• Cut into 2 inch rounds.
• Bake 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

SCOTCH SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cut butter into small chunks. 2. Add sugar and mix together thoroughly until very smooth. 3. Add flour gradually. Mix with hands until it makes one smooth ball. 4. Chill for one hour. 5. Roll out on a floures surface until 1/2 to 1/3 inch thick 6. Cut in small circles about 1 1/2 inch. 7. Place on cookie sheet 8. Poke with fork. 9. Bake at 325 for 10 - 15 minutes until golden brown around the edges.

SCOTCH CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (212 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the oat flour, bran, salt, baking powder, cream of tartar, cinnamon and sugar. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the egg, milk and vanilla until mixture is well blended.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, cookies should be lightly browned.

SCOTCH COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix ingredients. Mix in more flour (about 2 more cups) until dough can be rolled. Knead and roll. Cut to about a little less than an inch high. Bake 300 degrees about 20-30 minutes until golden brown underneath. Bake one first to test. Ice