Living 2 Eat |

Ok folks, if you like shortbreads, you are going to go ape over these! 

Several months ago, I was at the gift shop at the JW Marriottin Orlando, Florida, to buy a bottle of water but quickly catching my attention were the nicely packaged shortbreads… McTavishChocoloate Chip.   Forgetting my diet, I bought one package and gobbled them down outside the gift shop.  To be honest, I opened them inside the gift shop and started chowing down before I could even pay for them!

The chocolate chip shortbreads took me on a time journey back about 30 years.   Our neighbor, Granny McGill would bake the best snickerdoodle cookies for the Christmas open house at my parents store, B-Hive Flowers & Gifts in Immokalee, Florida.   Not since those opens houses have I had a baked good that reminded me of Granny McGill’s treats.

When I returned to work several days later, I found the McTavish website and wrote to compliment them on their products… below is the e-mail I recieved  in response (and it is symbolic of the homebaked quality)…

Wow, thanks, Ben – we really appreciate it when someone takes the time to write and tell us about their McTavish experience!

 Yes, this is a family venture. My husband and I have owned and operated the company since 1993; our daughter is our office assistant and customer service manager.

 I am glad that you have noticed and appreciated the homemade qualities of the cookies. That is not an accident; we strive for that taste and quality by sourcing really great ingredients, not just the ones that might be less expensive – usually quite the opposite. We also process the cookies mostly by hand, which does result in a more homemade taste. I’m also glad that you discovered how well they freeze – that can keep the cookies practically like fresh baked for several months.

As my husband says – you keep eating them, we’ll just bake more!