Cookies & Crackers
Shortbread
Scotland, United Kingdom
A biscuit of flour, butter and sugar in a three-to-two-to-one ratio, baked pale and sandy with no raising agent.
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What it is
A closer look at Shortbread.
A biscuit of flour, butter and sugar in a three-to-two-to-one ratio, baked pale and sandy with no raising agent.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
It should be pale gold, never brown, and break with a dry snap. Petticoat tails, fingers and rounds are the three traditional shapes.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Shortbread.
Names around the table
One food, more than one name.
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