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Dean's of Scotland
The Dean's story began in 1975 in the heart of Helen
Dean's kitchen, in the small town of Huntly, North East Scotland. It
was here that Helen first created her delicious traditional
shortbread. She first baked for friends and family who loved the
"melt in the mouth" sensation, then her husband Bill, a Drum Major,
thought it was so delicious he decided to use Helen's baking to help
raise funds for the local Huntly pipe band. Their touring helped to
spread her shortbread's fame far and wide. Soon the aroma of home
baking would fill the town as Helen westablished her own small
bakery to meet demand. So popular was the light and crumbly
shortbread that in 1992, Dean's moved to a new purpose built bakery
on the outskirts of Huntly. Today Dean's is still a family run
business, priding itself on using time honored handcrafted baking
methods, while striving to develop fresh new ideas. The finest
ingredients combined with traditional recipes create a wide cariety
of premium quality products which are now exported all over the
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hand-baking process is just the same as Helen's but on a larger
scale. Here's how it's done. We follow Helen's original home recipe
using only the finest ingredients - most of which comef rom the same
suppliers we have alwasy used. The ingredients are sieved and mixed
to exact quantities in, what is literally, a scaled up mixing bowl.
Once the dough is of a soft, creamed and light consistency, it is
transferred onto baking trays, where it is hand-pricked with a
"prickle docker" and is ready for a slow oven-bake. The trays are
hand-racked and placed in the oven, where the shortbread is judged
by eye to ensure the bake is just right - a real skill@ When ready,
the racks are lifted out with oven gloves, and while still warm, the
shortbread is hand-cut with a knife and dusted with sugar using a
sieve. The biscuits are primarily left to cool naturally (just like
Helen used to do), which allows the smell to permeate through the
town. Once cool, the product is trimmed and packed by hand as
quickly as possible to keep all that freshness
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