This is alist of shortbread biscuits and cookies.Shortbread is a type ofbiscuit orcookie traditionally made from one partsugar, two partsbutter, and three parts flour as measured by weight. Shortbread originated inScotland; the first recorded recipe was by a Scotswoman named Mrs McLintock and printed in 1736.[1]
Berger Cookies – made and distributed by DeBaufre Bakeries, they are topped with a thick layer of chocolatefudge that derives from a German recipe, and are a cultural icon ofBaltimore, Maryland.[2] 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 softcaramel filling and a milk chocolate topping.[3]
Empire biscuit – a sweet biscuit popular in the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland, and otherCommonwealth countries, it is also popular in Northern Ireland.
Ghoriba – a round, shortbread cookie prepared in theMaghreb and other parts of the Middle East.
Hallongrotta – a common Swedish cookie made with butter, flour, baking powder, sugar and vanilla, usually filled with raspberry jam.
Jammie Dodgers – a popular British biscuit, made from shortbread with a raspberry or strawberry flavoured jam filling. Currently produced byBurton's Biscuit Company at its factory inLlantarnam.
Jodenkoek – originating in the Netherlands, a big, flat, round shortbread cookie with a diameter of about 10 centimeters (3.9 in). It is claimed to have been first baked in the 17th century,[5] and these cookies were advertised by bakeries as early as 1872.[6]
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.[8] These are often served with coffee or hot spiced Mexican chocolate.
Royal Dansk – a brand of butter cookie produced inDenmark by theKelsen Group since 1966, and widely exported in a distinctive blue tin featuring an image of the Hjemstavnsgaard farmhouse on the island ofFunen.
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.[9][10]
Tao su (桃酥) - a shortbread cookie originated north eastern part of China that trace back to the beginning ofTang Dynasty 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.
