For a family who tended to bake their own we always seemed to buy Scottish shortbread in a large tin at Christmas. As a child I could never understand why this was the case, but I am told it was simply a family tradition - and that the tins they came in were utilised as storage for our own baking. So, I suppose, with that in mind they were considered useful. To this day I rarely bake shortbread myself, I tend to buy it from a traditional shortbread company known as Walkers. For me, it feels … [Read more...]