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Shortbread or shortie [1] is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter and three to four parts plain wheat flour. Shortbread does not contain any leavening , such as baking powder or baking soda .
Cooked shortbread rounds. This is a list of shortbread biscuits and cookies. Shortbread is a type of biscuit or cookie traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter, and three parts flour as measured by weight. Shortbread originated in Scotland; the first recorded recipe was by a Scotswoman named Mrs McLintock and printed in 1736. [1]
Caramel shortbread, also known as caramel squares, [1] caramel slice, millionaire's shortbread, [1] millionaire's slice, chocolate caramel shortbread or Wellington squares [2] is a biscuit confectionery composed of a shortbread biscuit base topped with caramel and milk chocolate. [3]
Walker's Shortbread Ltd. (formerly Walkers) is a Scottish manufacturer of shortbread, biscuits, cookies, and crackers. The shortbread is baked in the Moray village of Aberlour, following a recipe developed by Joseph Walker in 1898. The company is one of Scotland's biggest exporters of food, [2] [3] and employs over 1,200 people. [4]
The sandie is a type of sugar cookie or shortbread cookie prepared using standard sugar cookie ingredients such as flour, sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla. [2] The Keebler Sandie uses soya bean oil and palm oil as a butter substitute. Sandies are sometimes dusted with powdered sugar after cooking. [3] [4]
They are derived from the Austrian Linzer Augen, [4] a similar shortbread cookie sandwich which has 1–3 small round cut outs (the "eyes") in the upper cookie and is dusted with powdered sugar. The empire biscuit does not have a cut-out section on the top and is decorated with white icing.
The word nankhatai is derived from the Classical Persian نانِ خطائی nān-i khaṭāʾī, lit. ' Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay [northern China] ', [2] composed of نان nān meaning ‘bread’ and خطائی khaṭāʾī meaning ‘Cathayan’. [2]
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