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.

Through The Shortbread Tin, National Theatre of Scotland The story of the greatest literary hoax of all time. 1760 – Scottish poet James Macpherson sets the world ablaze with stories of the ...

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.

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.