In 1981, that recipe became the backbone of Canada's first shortbread-only cookie shop, a company she named simply, Mary Macleod's Shortbread. "She needed to support herself and her two sons," explains Sharon Grewal-Macleod, President of Mary Macleod's Shortbread and Macleod's daughter-in-law. The company's longevity, she adds, can be chalked up to that classic shortbread recipe and the team's reluctance to ever cut corners. Today, Mary Macleod's Shortbread counts Holt Renfrew, Indigo and Whole Foods as retail partners. To this day, Mary Macleod's Shortbread is women-owned and run by family.