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whats the difference? its says petticoat tails,thats short bread isnt it?,
its the st michaels home baking book,published in 1979(my nan gave it to me yrs ago) :-D

Perhaps Sue,but I always make shortcake with butter,selfraising flour and caster sugar.....binding ingredients together.....there are many variations of course :-)

I wonder if it's supposed to be a shortCAKE recipe rather than shortbread.

Sue

I agree, I make shortbread very successfully in the aga but have made it in the oven too. I never melt anything just rub in and knead the flour, butter and caster sugar together before spreading it all over the base of a tin. It's a mighty strange recipe!

took it from a recipe book(thought it sounded strange,wait a min will go and get it......right here we go.6oz butter and 4 tablespoons milk,melt butter in the milk but do not over heat,that means warming it in a pan over a heat on the cooker?mix it into the flour andknead lightly, thats what i did. :-D

Hi Suzanne.....must be your recipe as shortbread is never made with liquid added. :-S
Mau xx

That seems like a mighty odd recipe for shortbread. I have never melted anything together.

Don't think it was you at all.Try another recipe.

i can cook honest,but im better at savory dishes,cant make pastry to save my life..but can make a lovely manchester tart and rhubarb crumble...my scones could kill someone if thrown and my attempt at making a sponge cake nearly choked my hubby,why oh why cant i cook loverly light cakes and biscuits,do you think its because i didnt pay attension in domestic sience classes.(our class looked over to the football field,much more interested in the boys in their shorts,and im paying for it now .sob sob.) :-D
ps. sorry for the spelling mistake,i can spell attention, no excuse for that one.x :-D

l made a treacle tart once (yrs ago mind) that even the lab dog we had at the time could'nt get his teeth through it....lol

Good for you for trying:)

jude :-D

thanks jude,
i also made a pathetic attempt at flapjacks ,they stuck to the baking tray,my son is using a sharp knife to try and get them out ha ha. :-( :-)

not found it yet, but l will:)))

hi sharon.
thanks for saying that,but it was prob me,
the recipe called for 6oz butter and 4 tablespoons of milt melted together over a warm heat and then added to the flour and caster suger,i admit it looked a little to moist when i rolled it out.x :-(

Probably the recipe was rubbish.

Some cookery books do seem to contain recipes that are utter manure and I think many have misprints in them.

I always put a bit of semolina in shortbread.

thanks jude. :-)

l'll try and find the bestes recipe ever, it has custard powder in it and its so yummy. Will get back to you:)

jude ;-)

LOL, Suzanne, keep trying... :-D :-D :-D

omg you will need extensive dental treatment if i send you some of this afternoons batch,they were terrible. :-D

I have no idea as I can just about cook my dinner :-D :-D

But I love shortcake, so.....when you have perfected it, you can send me some to try :-D :-D :-D :-D

George :-)

followed recipe,weighed out everything,and done what the recipe asked for,
so why does my shortbread taste like,and have the texture of sweet pastry? :-(