Welcome St. Patty's Day with My Delicious Scotch Shortbread

Coffee or Tea, It's All Right by ME! This Scotch Shortbread goes well with either. So, what are you waiting for, "D, Pull up a seat, take a piece or two, of this delicious Scotch Shortbread!
You'll think you died, and went to Ireland! I Promise! :D

Scotch Shortbread

(From My Recipe Box)

• 3 cups UnSalted Butter, (6 sticks) softened
• 1 1/5 cups Sugar
• 5 1/2 cups Unbleached / All-purpose Flour
• 1/2 cups Cornstarch
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
  
• 1 tsp. Salt
  

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 F

Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and cornstarch. Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar, add a tsp. of vanilla and mix until blended. Pat Dough Out Into a 9 x 12 Inch Rectangle Pan, the dough will be approximately 1 inch thick. Score with sharp knife, almost all the way through, then cutting across, to make 2 inch rectangles, prick with fork about six times each piece, to let the heat through. Bake for 30 minutes or until lightly brown. (* keep checking in, make sure it doesn't get too brown) Turn off oven, and keep door ajar, cool for at least 2 hours before Cutting on Score Marks Cut into squares or rectangles, depending on what you like. I cut 4 inch long rectangles, and then, again in half, to 2 inch pieces (when you just want a "little" piece)

On Your Counter, it won't last the day...or

Can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Either way, save yourself a piece, because this is gonna go fast! :D

ENJOY!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Christine

Carrot Cake Mmmmmmm!

From the Gooseberry Patch Family Favorites Cookbook

I shouldn't admit this...but...we have some sort of dessert almost every night....
not always as grand as a whole cake, or pie, but, it could be cookies, a sundae, a brownie/bar, maybe even a fruit smoothie, but, we always have something sweet at the end of each day, oh, delicious/bad habits... are so hard to break! ;D

When My kids were little....when dad was out of town, or a late dinner meeting and myself and my son and daughter we're on our own for dinner, the three of us would have dessert for dinner. I would say, who wants dessert for dinner? Well, at 8 and 10 , the little hands went right up to the sky! I would bring out All the Fix-ins, ice cream, fudge, strawberries, pineapple, bananas, cookies, sprinkles, and always whip cream, nuts and of course a cherry on top!

To this day, I always keep maraschino cherries, and whip cream spray in my fridge!

How bout' you? Do you indulge in dessert? Have you ever had dessert instead of Dinner?
Before Dinner?

Life's Short....Eat Dessert first! 'D

Christine