Shortbread

There is a comforting plainness to shortbread. It's a simple, three-four ingredient recipe, quick to make, and easy to eat.

Plus, it has the added bonus having dough that is completely safe for a kid to eat off a spoon.

So, celebrate Scotland and make some shortbread!

1. Cream two sticks of butter. I'll wait.

2. Mix together 2 cups of AP flour, 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. (Skip the salt if you used salted butter in step one.)

3. Mix the dry ingredients into the butter, and you'll get a fairly thick dough.

4. Smoosh the dough into a 9x9 pan. (Since the dough is about 28.5% butter, you don't have to grease the pan.)

5. Here is the complicated part: poke it with a fork!

6. Bake it in a 325 degree oven for about 25 minutes.

7. Taste the fork!