"My experience with recipes like this is, many people try to take something traditional like shortbread and add a few peculiar ingredients to make it "their own." And, in doing so, they screw it up.

Count the ingredients in this recipe. Traditional. To the point. Authentic. I made this recently for co-workers including a woman from the U.K. who said it's the best shortbread she remembers having since she was a young girl in England.

Since I'm only Scottish in decent, her tas taste-test all I needed to know.