shortbread Definition
short·bread (-bred′)
noun
a rich, crumbly cake or cookie made with much shortening
shortbread Usage Examples
Converse of object
- make: Helen Dean started making shortbread in her own kitchen to raise funds for the local pipe band in 1975.
- include: Popular bulk cookies include Danish shortbread, fortune cookies and Mexican wedding cookies.
- sell: Paterson Arran Scottish based company selling shortbread, oatcakes, chutneys and preserves.
- have: Our work has free shortbread which I find hard to resist.
Adjective modifier
- homemade: Served in a tall glass served with homemade shortbread.
- Scottish: Varya is working really hard, doing loads of baking: Scottish shortbread, scones, chocolate fudge, little iced cakes.
- home-made: But if the hot tub was no longer an option, tea and home-made shortbread in front of a crackling log fire was.
- square: Our Shortbread Pan makes a square shortbread with a 9 finely detailed designs baked into the top.
- buttery: Joe and Dawn describe their shortbreads: " To make light buttery shortbread, you need plenty of butter.
- chocolate: With the oven ready, the friends created chocolate spiral shortbread, macaroons and Baci Di Dama biscuits.
Preposition: on
arrival: The Experience Your experience starts with coffee and shortbread on arrival, followed by a tour of the Visitor Center.
Modifies a noun
- cookie: Closer to home, the humble shortbread cookie has been given a facelift by Dean's of Huntly, also based in Aberdeenshire.
- tin: A great antique shortbread tin, perfect for a vintage chic or shabby chic interior.
- finger: At the end of your tour, enjoy a FREE whiskey & shortbread finger.
- recipe: Joseph spent every moment of his first year in business perfecting his shortbread recipe.
- crumb: Spoon onto the top of the shortbread bases and then sprinkle the remaining shortbread crumbs on top.
Possessives
millionaire: Water introduces a light cereal note and moves the nose toward millionaire's shortbread.
Noun used with modifier
- butter: A deliciously yummy pudding which children and adults can share using Glutafin all butter Shortbread biscuits.
- caramel: More jugs of tea and coffee and large slabs of ship made chocolate and caramel shortbread.
- chip: Come and learn how to make some traditional British teatime treats such as scones, raisin buns and chocolate chip shortbread biscuits.
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