Shortbread

Definition

shortbread /'ʃↄ:tbred/ (also shortcake ) n [U,C] ေထာပတ္ မ်ားမ်ားႏွင့္ဖုတ္ေသာ ဘီစကြတ္ရြရြ။

Examples

1. ‘When I'm tired
2. I eat roasted peppers
3. rice pudding
4. shortbread biscuits dunked in tea.’
5. ‘These substantial cookies
6. which taste a bit like shortbread
7. are perfect for dunking in all-natural peanut or hempnut butter.’
8. ‘Managing director Paul Grant believes the company's growth since its beginnings in 1995 can be likened to the success of a certain well-known brand of shortbread.’
9. ‘There is also a porridge spurtle
10. potato masher and an array of tart tins and baking sheets - one baking tin being specifically for the weekly batch of shortbread.’
11. ‘He describes the market for shortbread as seasonal
12. although it is sold year round in Japan
13. Australia
14. Canada and Hong Kong.’
15. ‘Celeste came back with two slices of pizza and a plate of shortbread sugar cookies.’
16. ‘Kate makes Christmas shortbread - she finds a little rice flour mixed in makes a smoother biscuit.’
17. ‘The shortbread is made of flour
18. butter
19. and sugar
20. bound with milk or an egg
21. and optionally flavoured with almond or caraway seeds.’
22. ‘The origin of the name of these dainty shortbread biscuits is interesting.’
23. ‘I crumbled a piece of my shortbread cookie with my thumb.’
24. ‘Never substitute margarine for the butter
25. since the whole point of shortbread is its buttery taste.’
26. ‘Some posh wafers might be good here
27. or
28. if you can be bothered
29. some homemade shortbread
30. baked really thin and crisp.’
31. ‘We gave him a box of Scottish shortbread wrapped in eucalyptus leaves to show our gratitude
32. and to make some sort of bizarre cross-cultural statement.’
33. ‘Offer cinnamon buns
34. shortbread
35. hot cider and coffee throughout the day and soup and bread at lunchtime.’
36. ‘Meanwhile
37. supermarket chain Tesco's toffee fudge shortbread contained 2.5g of the fat.’
38. ‘She serves it with cinnamon-flavoured shortbread.’
39. ‘Fresh pasta
40. oatcakes and shortbread are made on the premises
41. and game
42. seafood and salads are prepared from scratch.’
43. ‘These cookies are probably better classified as shortbread.’
44. ‘When Helen Dean first made shortbread in her Huntly kitchen to help raise funds for her husband's local pipe band
45. she never dreamt that it would be the start of a multinational company.’
46. ‘I vividly recall the rich aroma of warm treacle scones
47. the sight of Scotch pancakes being flipped over
48. the taste of sticky jam tarts and the crunch of sugar-topped shortbread.’