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Shortbread Shortbread or shortie is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part sugar, white sugar, two parts butter and three to four parts plain flour, plain wheat flour. Shortbread does not contain leavening, such as baking powder or bakin ...
is a type of
biscuit A biscuit is a flour-based baked food item. Biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be savoury, similar to crackers. ...
or
cookie A cookie is a sweet biscuit with high sugar and fat content. Cookie dough is softer than that used for other types of biscuit, and they are cooked longer at lower temperatures. The dough typically contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of ...
traditionally made from one part
sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose Glucose is a sugar with the Chemical formula#Molecular formula, molecul ...
, two parts
butter Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of Churning (butter), churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 81% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread (food ...
, and three parts flour as measured by weight. Shortbread originated in
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
; the first recorded recipe was by a Scotswoman named Mrs McLintock and printed in 1736. Several varieties of shortbread exist, including
mass-produced Mass production, also known as mass production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines. ...
shortbread. Some stray from the classic recipe by adding ground
rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...
or cornflour or cornstarch in addition to white wheat flour to alter the texture. Others may add salt to the ingredients, or split the sugar into equal parts granulated sugar and icing or powdered sugar.


Shortbread biscuits and cookies

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Berger Cookies Berger Cookies are a handmade cookie made and marketed by DeBaufre Bakeries of Baltimore, Maryland. The cookies are widely known for their thick, chocolate frosting on an imperfectly shaped shortbread cookie. Similar to a black and white cook ...
– made and distributed by DeBaufre Bakeries, they are topped with a thick layer of chocolate
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that derives from a German recipe, and are a cultural icon of
Baltimore Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...
, Maryland. Its recipe was brought to America from Germany by George and Henry Berger in 1835. * Caramel shortbread – a biscuit confectionery item composed of a rectangular shortbread biscuit base topped with a very soft
caramel Caramel ( or ) is a range of food ingredients made by heating sugars to high temperatures. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons or candy bars, as a topping for ice cream and custard, and as a colorant ...
filling and a milk chocolate topping. *
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– small, slightly sweet shortbread that is typical of French Guianan cuisine. * E.L. Fudge – an American snack food manufactured by the
Keebler Company The Keebler Company is an American cookie and former cracker manufacturer. Founded in 1853, it has produced numerous baked snacks, advertised with the Keebler Elves. Keebler had marketed its brands such as Cheez-It (which bear the Sunshine Biscu ...
. * Empire biscuit – a sweet biscuit popular in the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland, and other
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countries, it is also popular in Northern Ireland. * Ghoriba – a round, shortbread cookie prepared in the
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and other parts of the Middle East. *
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– a common Swedish cookie made with butter, flour, baking powder, sugar and vanilla, usually filled with raspberry jam. * Hello Panda – a brand of Japanese biscuit, manufactured by
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. * Jammie Dodgers – a popular British biscuit, made from shortbread with a raspberry or strawberry flavoured jam filling. Currently produced by Burton's Biscuit Company at its factory in Llantarnam. * Jodenkoek – originating in the Netherlands, a big, flat, round shortbread cookie with a diameter of about . It is claimed to have been first baked in the 17th century, and these cookies were advertised by bakeries as early as 1872. *
Kourabiedes Qurabiya (), also ghraybe, ghorayeba, ghoriba, ghribia, ghraïba, gurabija, ghriyyaba, kurabiye, or kourabiedes () and numerous other spellings and pronunciations, is a shortbread-type biscuit, usually made with ground almonds. Versions are foun ...
– Greek shortbread. * Lorna Doone – a brand produced by
Nabisco Nabisco (, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International. Nabisco' ...
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Ma'amoul Ma'amoul ( ) is a filled butter cookie made with semolina flour. It is popular throughout the Arab world. The filling can be made with dried fruits like figs, Phoenix dactylifera, dates, or Nut (fruit), nuts such as pistachios or walnuts, and o ...
– a shortbread pastry in Arab countries filled with dates,
pistachios The pistachio (, ; ''Pistacia vera'') is a small to medium-sized tree of the Anacardiaceae, cashew family, originating in Iran. The tree produces nut (fruit)#Culinary definition and uses, seeds that are widely consumed as food. In 2022, world ...
or
walnuts A walnut is the edible seed of any tree of the genus ''Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, '' Juglans regia''. They are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an invo ...
(or occasionally
almonds The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree from the genus ''Prunus''. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus ''Amygdalus'', distinguished from the other subgenera by corrugations on the sh ...
,
figs The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and i ...
, or other fillings). * Nankhatai – shortbread biscuits popular in India and Pakistan. * Polvorón – a type of heavy, soft and very crumbly Spanish shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk, and nuts, specially almonds. * Qurabiya – a shortbread-type biscuit originating from Iranian Azerbaijan, usually made with ground almonds. Several regional variations exist. * Repostería – a Mexican type of shortbread-like cookie that is lightly baked and dipped into a cinnamon sugar blend until the cinnamon sugar surrounds the cookie. These are often served with coffee or hot spiced Mexican chocolate. * Royal Dansk – a brand of butter cookie produced in
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by the Kelsen Group since 1966, and widely exported in a distinctive blue tin featuring an image of the Hjemstavnsgaard farmhouse on the island of
Funen Funen (, ), is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark, island of Denmark, after Zealand and North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area of . It is the List of islands by area, 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in th ...
. * Sablé – a French round shortbread cookie that originates in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, in
Sarthe Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...
. * Shrewsbury biscuits/cookies – Originated and are still made in the historic town of Shrewsbury, England. It is a rich shortbread made with butter, sugar, flour, egg and aroma, often enhanced with currants. The first Shrewsbury biscuits recipe was printed in London in 1658, in a book titled: 'The Compleat Cook'. * Sandies – a shortbread cookie. A commercial variety is manufactured by the Keebler Company. * Tao su (桃酥) - a shortbread cookie originated north eastern part of China that trace back to the beginning of
Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
in the 7th century, made out of tightly compounded ingredients in a bite-sized mold before baking; ingredients are mainly ground and granulated walnuts and granulated sugar, occasionally, depending on the regions and varieties, mixing in wheat flour and lard. *
Trefoils A trefoil () is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture, Pagan and Christian symbolism, among other areas. The term is also applied to other symbols with a threefold shape. A similar shape with f ...
– a small shortbread cookie with vanilla flavoring created for sale by
Girl Scouts of the USA Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, a year after she ...
. * Viennese Whirls – a soft shortbread biscuit, commonly filled with buttercream and jam. File:Ghribia.jpg, Ghoriba File:Jamiedodger.jpg, A Jammie Dodger File:Jodenkoeken met lineaal voor maat.jpg, Jodenkoek File:Nabisco-Lorna-Doone-Shortbread-Cookies.jpg, Lorna Doone cookies File:Nankhatai.jpg, Nankhatai File:Polvorón de Estepa.jpg, A polvorón File:Sablés au parmesan et au poivre vert.jpg, Sablé with Parmesan cheese and green pepper File:Kourabiedes platter 2008 01 08.jpg,
Kourabiedes Qurabiya (), also ghraybe, ghorayeba, ghoriba, ghribia, ghraïba, gurabija, ghriyyaba, kurabiye, or kourabiedes () and numerous other spellings and pronunciations, is a shortbread-type biscuit, usually made with ground almonds. Versions are foun ...


See also

* Chinsuko * Carac – a Swiss dessert pastry prepared with a shortbread crust * Jaffa Cakes – 1991 UK court finding to be considered cakes and not biscuits for tax purposes *
List of baked goods This is a list of baked goods. Baked goods are foods made from dough or batter (cooking), batter and cooked by baking, a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most c ...
* List of cookies * Shortcake * Vínarterta – a multi-layered cake made from alternating layers of white vanilla- or cardamom-flavoured shortbread and plum jam


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