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Shortbread

Whether you like them plain, drizzled with icing or dipped in chocolate, shortbread cookies are some of the easiest and most buttery you’ll ever make.

Try one of these favourite shortbread recipes: All Butter Shortbread (pictured), Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies or Chocolate Shortbread.

A stack of butter shortbread with passionfruit icing on the top one.

Reader Favorites

Top down view of shortbread stars dusted with spicy sugar.

Spiced Christmas Shortbread Cookies

“Just made these for gifts- delicious, easy and so pretty! Perfect. Thanks”
– Brenda Gomes
Closeup of lemon curd cookies.

Lemon Curd Cookies

“These biscuits are really easy to make and bloody delicious. I will definitely make again 😁”
– Zanda

Watch Now Lemon Curd Cookies

These lemon curd cookies are a tart and sweet melt-in-the-mouth shortbread filled with lemon curd. Cute as buttons, they’re so easy to make.

Top down view of all butter shortbread petticoat tails.

Classic All Butter Shortbread

Shaped into the classic petticoat tails shape, these shortbread cookies have all that buttery flavour and tender, somehow-soft-yet-crumbly texture you want. They are straight up the best.