Omelet wrote:

>> 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.

The Scottish shortbread recipe that I use calls for confectioners sugar.
My mother's shortbread recipe calls for brown sugar.