Dandelion shortbread cookies ... We usually think of dandelions as those pesky weeds, but trust me, these little yellow ...

Staged by the National Theatre of Scotland, Through the Shortbread Tin sets out to explore the many-layered story of James Macpherson’s Ossian poems. We should expect a show full of questions ...

Tip the mixture into the lined cake tin and spread it out evenly with the back of a spoon. Then press the shortbread down firmly with your knuckles so that it is tightly packed in the tin.

Preheat your oven to 140ºC (280ºF/Gas 3). Grease and line a deep, 23 cm (9 in) square baking tin. For the shortbread base, beat the sugar and butter until pale and well combined – I find a ...

Through The Shortbread Tin on tour across Scotland until 2 May. Nessie at The Studio, Edinburgh until tomorrow, and in repertoire at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 9 July-16 August.

Through The Shortbread Tin is a brand-new show, performed in Scots with Gaelic songs, which explores Scottish culture, myths, history and identity.

Tip the mixture into the lined cake tin and spread it out evenly with the back of a spoon. Then press the shortbread down firmly with your knuckles so that it is tightly packed in the tin.

Emma Bailey and Rachel O’Neill’s set consists of a fake rock, a projection of some hills and large cut-outs of a shortbread wafer, a thistle and Edwin Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen.