As it happened, today we went to the Ottawa Farmer's market and someone had a stall selling bread and various yeast based pastries. And guess what - one of the items was a Scottish buttery. Pictures below. The last picture is a close-up of it as it sits on my counter. They are very light. This fellow says he used 4 parts butter to 1 of lard. The only reason he uses lard is for flakiness. He says back in Scotland they sell for 25 cents. We also bought a cinnamon bun and a kouign aman. Next time I plan on buying one of each of his buns, except for marzipan. Much as I like almonds, marzipan is nasty.
