MADDIE DAY here, delighted to welcome Molly MacRae to the blog with a yummy recipe perfect for her Highland Bookshop Mysteries. I plan to make these treats tomorrow!
Oat Shortbread and a Giveaway
Shortbread is one of my favorite cookies any time of year, but it’s especially good around the holidays. This delicious version uses very little flour and lots of oats. It’s super easy to make and good plain or jazzed up with a dip of chocolate and a sprinkle of crystalized ginger.
Oat Shortbread
Preheat oven to 325º F
Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups rolled oats
⅓ cup dark brown sugar
2 T white flour
6 T unsalted butter, softened
¼ tsp. salt
½ tsp. vanilla extract
Optional topping:
¼ cup chocolate chips, melted
2 T. crystalized ginger, diced
(But, really, are chocolate and ginger ever
optional?)
Directions:
1.
Put all ingredients (except chocolate and ginger) in a bowl and mix
thoroughly
2.
Press
mixture into greased 8x8 pan.
3.
Bake
30 minutes
4.
Cool
10 minutes
5.
If
using optional topping, melt chocolate chips and dice ginger while shortbread
cools
6.
Cut
shortbread into squares, rectangles, or triangles
7.
Dip
one end of shortbread into melted chocolate (or paint it on with a small rubber
spatula)
8. Sprinkle diced ginger over still melty chocolate
Store in cookie tin. This recipe can easily be doubled and made in a 9x13 pan.
The women who run Yon Bonnie Books and Cakes and Tales tearoom in my Highland Bookshop Mysteries love shortbread, too. To celebrate Thistles and Thieves and Heather and Homicide, which both came out this year, I’m giving away a copy of either book – winner’s choice.
For your chance to win, tell me about your favorite cookie in a comment and remember
to leave your email address. I’ll choose a winner, at random, at noon on New
Year’s Eve. Sorry, U.S. entries only.
About Thistles and Thieves – book 3 in the Highland Bookshop Mysteries
The women of Yon
Bonnie Books are embroiled in the death of a local doctor, which sets off a
chain of other curious – and deadly – events. A story featuring bicycles, a
mysterious box of books, a regimental dagger, and the promise (or threat?) of
haggis. Available in hardback, e-book, and audio from your locally-owned independent
bookstore, Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Or ask for it at
your local library.
About Heather and Homicide – book 4 in the Highland Bookshop Mysteries
If true-crime writer Heather Kilbride has
arrived to research a recent murder for her new book, why does she seem more
interested in a shadowy lawyer with no connection to that murder? A story
featuring unconventional research methods, miniature books, tempting dark
chocolate cake, and an ancient circle of standing stones. Available
in hardback, e-book, and audio from your locally-owned independent bookstores, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. Or ask for it at your local library.
The Boston Globe says Molly MacRae writes “murder with a dose of drollery.” She’s the bestselling, award-winning author of the Highland Bookshop Mysteries and the Haunted Yarn Shop. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine since 1990 and she’s a winner of the Sherwood Anderson Award for Short Fiction. Molly lives in Champaign, Illinois. You can visit her at www.mollymacrae.com.
These sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteTwo batches are all gone, if that tells you anything. Thanks for having me on MLK today, Edith!
DeleteMy favorite cookie is peanut butter, but I love shortbread also. Your recipe sounds delicious! Thanks for the chance! cking78503(at)aol(dot)com
ReplyDeleteYum! I love a good peanut butter cookie. Thanks for stopping by, Chris.
DeleteMy favorite cookie is gingerbread. 3labsmom@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI made gingerbread cookies with a 6-year-old and a 3 year-old last week, Brenda. Fun, memorable, and delicious! Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteMy favourite cookie to bake is a triple chocolate chunk cookie.
ReplyDeleteThis shortbread recipe sounds delicious, especially since it's dipped in chocolate. I am NOT eligible for the giveaway but will copy the recipe.
Triple chocolate chunk? I think I need that recipe, Grace! I'm sorry you're not eligible for the giveaway. Check with your library to see if they have the books or can get them. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI love a good chocolate chip cookie. I also have a good sugar cookie recipe from an old co-worker. It makes a huge batch and is perfect for decorating.
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Chocolate chip is definitely one of my favorites, and decorated sugar cookies? Delicious! Thanks for stopping by, Alicia.
DeleteMy favorite is the chocolate crispy cookie.
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Chocolate and crispy go together perfectly. Thanks for stopping by, Christine!
DeleteClassic chocolate chip (Toll House), is my favorite cookie. The series looks so fun; count me in! (Contact via website.)
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat the classics, can you? I add peanut butter and oats to my chocolate chip cookies (oats are a theme at my house), but in the end, it's still a chocolate chip cookie. Thanks for stopping by, Marilyn.
DeleteMy favorite is the original Toll House chocolate chip. My children - all in their 60s now - still ask for them every Christmas. My sons still squabble over who gets the first batch. Warms my heart.❤
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful, Marlene! Glad to hear you're still baking and the boys are still squabbling. Merry Christmas!
DeleteI just found a triple ginger molasses cookie which may rise to the top of my list! pjcoldren[at]tm[dot]net
ReplyDeleteLet it rise to the top! That sounds fantastic. Thanks for stopping by, PJ.
DeleteOatmeal Raisin is delectable but your shortbreads look wonderful and so yummy. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteOatmeal raisin is a classic! Thanks for stopping by, Traveler.
DeleteI love a good chocolate chip cookie
ReplyDeleteI do too. Thanks for stopping by, Michael.
DeleteMy favorites are dark chocolate chip with toasted almonds and dried cherries soaked in amaretto
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that sounds amazing, Ann. I'm adding that to my list of cookies not to be missed. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteA lemon ginger biscuit is my favorite cookie. Light, tangy and perfect with tea. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteYum! I see more cookie baking in my future. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteI like oatmeal cookies but with dried cranberries instead of raisins
ReplyDeletesgiden at verizon(.)net
That's a really nice variation, Sandy. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteOh but this recipe looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Hope you had a fabulous holiday. I love Thumbprints and oatmeal with raisins.
ReplyDeletequilting dash lady at comcast dot net
Thumbprints are so much fun to make - and eat! Thanks for stopping by, Lori.
DeleteMy favorite cookie is the chocolate chop cookie. However, this cookie delicious and easy. I'm definitely going to give it a try.
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It's hard to beat a good chocolate chip cookie. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteMy favorite cookie is gingersnaps.
ReplyDeletejtcgc at yahoo dot com
Yep, gingersnaps are right up there at the top for me. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI have never come across an oatmeal shortbread cookie and can't wait to give it a try! My favorite cookie is a triple ginger gingerbread cookie.
ReplyDeletelittle lamb lst at yahoo dot com
Triple ginger gingerbread! I need to try that. Thanks for stopping by, Lil. I need to up my cookie game and you've just helped.
DeleteI love shortbread! My ancestry is almost 50% Scottish so that could be why. But my absolute favorite cookies are peanut butter cookies. I like to read anything set in Scotland so I really like your books. 🍪
ReplyDeleteclugston.kathy@yahoo.com
I'm so glad you like the books, Kathy! And I'm with you on peanut butter cookies. They're so satisfying. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteShortbread is always a winner.
ReplyDeleteMexican wedding cakes are also great. I'm going to try making them with a hunk of dark chocolate hidden in the middle!
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Great idea, Libby! Please let me know how that turns out. That would take Mexican wedding cakes, which are already terrific, straight to the stratosphere of cookies.
DeleteMy favorite cookie is definitely a double chocolate chocolate chip cookie! Thanks for the chance!
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