A wee bit of history
Shortbread comes from Scotland, where bakers have made it for hundreds of years. It started out as "biscuit bread": leftover bread dough baked a second time until dry. Over time, bakers swapped the yeast for butter, and shortbread was born.
It's called short because all that butter makes it crumbly and tender. Mary, Queen of Scots, is said to have loved a shortbread called "petticoat tails" back in the 1500s. In Scotland it's still a favourite at Christmas and at Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year.
Kingston has Scottish roots too. Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was born in Glasgow and grew up right here.
Our recipe
We follow the classic Scottish recipe: 3 parts flour, 2 parts butter, 1 part sugar. Nothing fancy, and no shortcuts.
