Shortbread in the kitchen!
Ingredients
Cooky helped Jane make cookies…
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cut
…measuring and mixing, rolling out, and cutting…
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Big and small
…the cookies are big for a Hitty, and small for a human…
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Done!
…all done to a golden brown perfection!
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delicious
They are pretty good dunked in a cup of tea…or hot chocolate!
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We recommend the recipe we found on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s website. This is the second batch we have made this year – everyone who has tasted them says it is the best shortbread they have ever eaten! The recipe says to store the cookies for 4 – 6 weeks before eating, but we had to taste them to make sure they were OK, and then suddenly there were none left! I will have to find a better hiding place…
(Click here for the recipe)
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Quimper Hittys 
Wow, Cooky had to have strong little arms to be able to lift the giant cutterl with Jane and Floradora to tea h her, she is destined to be a great baker.
Was anyone else surprised the shortbread recipe was removed by Meta as being Canadian news??!!! I had no idea Canadian cooking was either dangerous or offensive😋.
We are all a bit mystified too…but I think it is because Canada is trying to regulate Meta in a way they don’t like…I am glad they found a way to make the recipe available!
Great times are being presented to Cooky to experience those lovely times of celebration at the Quimper household. I’m enjoying the fun with them and am savoring the fragrance of freshly baked shortbread through the e-waves. Becky J
…and the waves of humans who made short work of the first batch of shortbread are waving at me pleadingly in hopes that I will unseal the tin!!
thanks for the recipe (and the commentary). Big or small the cookies and Cooky look great. Is it ok to use regular granular sugar? I don’t want to wait ’till I go shopping again.
Berry sugar is just regular white granulated sugar in a slightly finer crystal size. Ordinary granulated sugar is all we had too – I popped a bit into my ancient blender and whizzed it for a couple of seconds. I felt lucky that we had any sugar at all seeing as there is a sugar strike on at the moment!
For UK and Australian readers, that’d be caster sugar. Consider moving to north Queensland. We have more sugar than we know what to do with!
It would be a help this December…the sugar shortage is putting a crimp into many people’s Christmas baking plans…
I’d send you a 25kg bag, but the time and cost would be prohibitive… Good luck find a work-around.
Luckily we do have some in reserve, but shhhh – it is rarer than hen’s teeth!
I have that problem with things which need to be stored before eating too!
I couldn’t believe how fast these ones vanished! I don’t even know if the second batch is going to make it to Christmas…we may never find out what they are “supposed” to taste like after 4 – 6 weeks!
So beautiful and seems so delicious… You are amazing team, Thank you, Love, nia
Thank you so much nia, little helpers are a big help!
I love seeing Cooky busy….and how sweet of Jane to be patient with her. What a nice start to the holiday baking.
We just love “help” in the kitchen, even when it makes the process take longer!