Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cookie made of flour, sugar, and much butter or other shortening.
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- noun A type of
biscuit (cookie ), popular inBritain , traditionally made from one partsugar , two partsbutter and three partsflour
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
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Examples
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Oh, and even more exciting about this shortbread is the fact that I used my homemade vanilla extract in the recipe.
Brown Sugar Walnut Shortbread : The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz 2010
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Oh, and even more exciting about this shortbread is the fact that I used my homemade vanilla extract in the recipe.
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This shortbread is baked in a pie or tart pan and is cut into wedges to serve.
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I preferred this latter version -- note it is almost like a rolled thin shortbread as there is no leavener.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laura 2009
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The shortbread is mixed with ground ginger, crystallized ginger, treacle and golden syrup, and comes out to be sweet, spicy, soft and crunchy all at the same time.
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I preferred this latter version -- note it is almost like a rolled thin shortbread as there is no leavener.
Why Have I Never Tried Lemon Sugar Cookies For Painting Before? Laura 2009
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The shortbread is mixed with ground ginger, crystallized ginger, treacle and golden syrup, and comes out to be sweet, spicy, soft and crunchy all at the same time.
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The shortbread is mixed with ground ginger, crystallized ginger, treacle and golden syrup, and comes out to be sweet, spicy, soft and crunchy all at the same time.
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When baked in shortbread, spruce tips have an almost fruity flavor, reminiscent of raspberries.
Archive 2008-06-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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The trick to making shortbread is processing the dough just long enough so that it can be rolled out but still appears a little crumbly in the bowl.
How to Harvest Spruce Tips with Recipes for Using Spruce Tips (or Pine Tips or Fir Tips) Laurie Constantino 2008
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