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A crisp, rich, crumbly type of cookie made with butter, flour, and sugar.
‘Some posh wafers might be good here, or, if you can be bothered, some homemade shortbread, baked really thin and crisp.’
‘We gave him a box of Scottish shortbread wrapped in eucalyptus leaves to show our gratitude, and to make some sort of bizarre cross-cultural statement.’
‘Offer cinnamon buns, shortbread, hot cider and coffee throughout the day and soup and bread at lunchtime.’
‘The origin of the name of these dainty shortbread biscuits is interesting.’
‘I vividly recall the rich aroma of warm treacle scones, the sight of Scotch pancakes being flipped over, the taste of sticky jam tarts and the crunch of sugar-topped shortbread.’
‘Celeste came back with two slices of pizza and a plate of shortbread sugar cookies.’
‘Managing director Paul Grant believes the company's growth since its beginnings in 1995 can be likened to the success of a certain well-known brand of shortbread.’
‘When Helen Dean first made shortbread in her Huntly kitchen to help raise funds for her husband's local pipe band, she never dreamt that it would be the start of a multinational company.’
‘Never substitute margarine for the butter, since the whole point of shortbread is its buttery taste.’
‘There is also a porridge spurtle, potato masher and an array of tart tins and baking sheets - one baking tin being specifically for the weekly batch of shortbread.’
‘Fresh pasta, oatcakes and shortbread are made on the premises, and game, seafood and salads are prepared from scratch.’
‘She serves it with cinnamon-flavoured shortbread.’
‘Kate makes Christmas shortbread - she finds a little rice flour mixed in makes a smoother biscuit.’
‘These cookies are probably better classified as shortbread.’
‘These substantial cookies, which taste a bit like shortbread, are perfect for dunking in all-natural peanut or hempnut butter.’
‘I crumbled a piece of my shortbread cookie with my thumb.’
‘He describes the market for shortbread as seasonal, although it is sold year round in Japan, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong.’
‘Meanwhile, supermarket chain Tesco's toffee fudge shortbread contained 2.5g of the fat.’
‘The shortbread is made of flour, butter, and sugar, bound with milk or an egg, and optionally flavoured with almond or caraway seeds.’
‘When I'm tired, I eat roasted peppers, rice pudding, shortbread biscuits dunked in tea.’
Origin
Early 19th century: short from short in the sense ‘easily crumbled’.