Hurricane Bill is on his way and last night I couldn’t sleep, so instead, at 2 am, I got up, went to the kitchen and made some ‘Wartime Scotch Shortbread’..
The flour supplied to the public in the 1940′s, was a minimum of 85% wholewheat flour made from homegrown wheat (UK). It was said to have an unpopular grey appearance but I guess that really was all that was available and all recipes that called for flour would have been made out of this..
Wartime Scotch Shortbread
Melt 4 oz margarine, add 8 oz plain flour and 2 oz sugar, mix well and knead until the mixture bins together. If it is a little dry crumble it again and add a splash of milk and re knead. Put in an ungreased baking tin and press mixture down firmly so it is about 1/2 inch thick. Prick the surface and then cut into 10-12 portions.
Bake in centre of moderate oven for 30 + minutes.
Remove, sprinkle lightly with sugar
Serve.
Abousloutley Srumptious, just finished making them and they were delishous next time I make a dessert I will look in my cook book cause i wrote it down
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I now have to go back and make this again but with a vegan fat…. so glad you used the recipe. It is surprising just how good plain food was in the 1940s! xxxxxx
cool
i love world war 2 its epic
I have made this before – what I have done is cut in round and put on top of fruit – very tasty