On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:16:31 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "James Silverton" > wrote:
>
>> Hello All!
>>
>> There has been a thread on shortbread and shortenin' bread in
>> alt.usage.english of all places. From what I can tell of the recipes,
>> Scottish shortbread and American Southern Shortenin' bread ("Mamas's
>> little baby loves ...") are identical, contain an almost unbelievable
>> amount of butter and taste great. Is my impression correct that
>> authentic recipes contain only butter, brown sugar and flour?
>> ‚‚Ý
>>
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>>
>> Email, with obvious alterations:
>> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>
>Shortbread that I'm familiar with is flour, butter and powdered sugar.
>
>Shortnin' bread is white bread, sugar and milk.
>
>That's what mom taught me anyway. :-) Your googles may vary.


The recipe from "The Southern Cookbook" says flour, brown sugar and
butter.