Scotties and Scottish Shortbread

This post came about because of a white Scotty dog cookie jar.  What exactly is the woman dubbed the Crazy Cat Lady at the End of the Street doing with a dog cookie jar?  Good question, very good question!  My sister gave it to me when I was in Wisconsin visiting in the spring.  It came as a surprise to me and the extra surprise was when I discovered there were cookies included.  Admittedly by my sister they were not homemade and might taste more like dog treats. Hey ,they were iced in chocolate so I ate them, both packages!  No, not as good as homemade but did I mention the chocolate?  OK, not even good chocolate but if you have a chocolate addiction they will do.  Anyway, the white Scotty dog to me is a symbol of goodness, kindness and health!  The Scotty dog story is a long one but the simplified version is that the nurses at the hospital where I spent a long time recovering from spinal meningitis as a first grader gave me a stuffed white Scotty dog that I still have today.  My sister gave me a little white Scotty during my bout with cancer last year and she saw this cookie jar and couldn't resist.  He is cute and it says a lot about my sister just by the gesture.

I knew Scotty deserved some really good Scottish shortbread to put in his belly. I did too!  Never made it before.  Did not have a recipe. Hmm.  Take to the internet, of course.  I must have found the best recipe on earth or it was just so much better than the packaged cookies that came with the dog that I think so.  No, they really were good.  I will just give the link because the video was helpful to watch for making a perfect shortbread.  I will just show you my pictures.  These were the kind of thing I wanted to just hide and save for myself and I mean all of them but I did share with the good husband and sons 2&3.  I really wanted son 2 to know I can make something really REALLY good and remind him that he gets much of his skill in cooking and baking from me.

http://www.joyofbaking.com/shortbreads/ScottishShortbreadCookies.html
 

SCOTTY!