These are the cookies i grew up with. Someone in the family would buy these cookies and just leave it around the house. I used to bite off the icing off the cookies and throw the base back into the cookie box. Just because the cookie was dry and flavourless. This is definitely not a problem for my homemade version.. With these cookies, old habits are reversed. I bite off the cookie and spit out the icing. Recipe at crustabakes.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/shortbread-cookies-w...