Butter, sugar, oatmeal flour, water, and an oven!
Sometimes a little salt is included in the recipe as well.
Scotland
A Scottish biscuit is often called shortbread.
No. Shortbread is a sweet tasting biscuit that isn't usually eaten with breakfast
Mary Macdonald has written: 'Scottish Shortbread' 'Scottish Salmon'
Haggis shortbread tatties
Here are some Scottish cake names Scottish Oatcakes, Scottish Shortbread, and Traditional Scottish Dundee Cake.
Well as crazy as it sounds shortbread cookies are from scottland but they can be from any part of Englad. So yes, shortbread cookies are from scottland.
Walkers is a Scottish company, established in 1898 by Joseph Walker in Aberlour. Today, Walkers shortbread is sold in more than 80 countries around the world.
Haggis, porridge, smokies, white puddings, mutton pie, oatcakes, shortbread etc.
Some popular Scottish desserts include butterscotch bread pudding, cranachan, Scottish raspberry cranachan, and crumbly butter tablet. Also on the list are chocolate tablet, Scottish dumplings, clootie dumplings, and shortbread.
Maizena (cornflour) enhances the crumblyness of shortbread - since it is gluten free, it mixes in with wheatflour and disrupts the gluten bonds which would otherwise form. However, many (if not most) shortbread recipes do not require the use of maizena. It's a modern addition which makes the baking of shortbread easier, since it covers up mistakes caused by overworking the dough.
There are at least two reasons shortbread is called shortbread. One is shortbread requires a lot of shortening to make and the other is the term short refers to the texture of the final product.