shortbread

[ shawrt-bred ]

noun

1. a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.

shortbread

/ ˈʃɔːtˌbrɛd /

noun

1. a rich crumbly biscuit made from dough with a large proportion of butter

Word History and Origins

Origin of shortbread¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; short + bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of shortbread¹

C19: from short (in the sense: crumbly)

Example Sentences

It turns out shortbread is a great “blank canvas” for adding all kinds of flavorings, from herbs to citrus to nuts and spices to liquor and liqueurs.

From The Daily Beast

Before Lisa Ludwinski opened Sister Pie’s brick-and-mortar bakery in Detroit in 2015, shortbread wasn’t really on her radar.

From The Daily Beast

My mama prefers the comfort of cakes like the semolina-and-coconut bathk and simple shortbread biscuits like nankhatais.

From Eater

Linzer cookies typically describe a nut-based shortbread cookie sandwich, filled with berry jam.

From Washington Post

The new gluten-free shortbread cookies should have been the most controversial part of the 2014 Girl Scout cookie campaign.

From The Daily Beast

The chocolate mousse nearly finished, Hitz starts up on dessert item No. 2: pecan shortbread cookies.

From The Daily Beast

Mother made tea and gave them shortbread and was so a-flutter herself that she broke one of her company dishes.

From Project Gutenberg

This was followed by the handing round of oatcake, cheese, and whisky, and afterwards shortbread and more whisky.

From Project Gutenberg

The following is the recipe of an old Ayrshire cook whose shortbread is always considered unsurpassed.

From Project Gutenberg

Or the shortbread—now there was something like shortbread, made after a recipe learned in Brabant!

From Project Gutenberg

He soon scorned crocus bulbs and even bread-crumbs, insisting on a diet of shortbread cake and nuts.

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