Requiring little more than flour, sugar, eggs, and plenty of good butter, rich, crumbly shortbread is one of our favorite treats. Serve it in cookie or bar form as the perfect afternoon snack alongside a cup of tea, or use it as a delicate, buttery crust for any variety of tart.

Cornmeal Cookies (Paste di Meliga)

Rosemary Shortbread


Hungarian Shortbread


Swedish Shortbread Cookies

Cardamom-Ginger Crunch

Caramel Crumb Bars

Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Crescents)

Gluten-Free Vanilla Crescent Cookies
Shortbread Cookies (Punitions)


Lemon Icebox Pie

Caramel Pretzel Bars


Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Cookies (Schokiladen-Butter-plätzchen)

Anise Seed Crescent Cookies (Vanillekipferl)

Apricot Tarts with Pistachios

Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
Butter Turtles
