A Scottish Tradition Fit for a Queen: The Royal Family Shortbread Cookies

For more than 30 years a pink slip of paper has traveled with me through moves to 2 countries, 3 apartments and 3 homes.  It reappears every year right about now when the holiday baking frenzy begins.  The pink slip is handwritten by a lovely woman of Scottish heritage who was a patient of mine in Toronto long ago.