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any recommendations?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:33 pm
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Walkers, or check the ingredients and make sure that butter is the first on the list.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:36 pm
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Got to say - the Sainsbury's Chrimbo ones (in posh tin) were rather moreish last year 😉


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:37 pm
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Homemade. Probably one of the easiest cakes to make.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:38 pm
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Grandma Wild's were a surprising find at our local londis.

[url= http://grandmawilds.co.uk/Products/shortbread-cookie-5-pack/ ]Shortbread Cookies[/url]


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:40 pm
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i have thought about homemade, wouldn't be too hard i guess!


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:43 pm
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I buy McAllisters from lidles cheap and made in scotland probably by one of the more famous twice the price tartan packing
Quite addictive withe coffee and canny be healthy with 32% of it butter


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:00 pm
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I have managed to make it so it's easy. Controversial perhaps, but I really like lemon shortbread.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:43 pm
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M&S chunky chocolate chip ... 5 big squares for £2 from the bakery section .. perfect with a cuppa


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:45 pm
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Quite addictive withe coffee and canny be healthy with 32% of it butter

Excuse me, but butter is almost 100% butter and that's good for you. Just saying...


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:47 pm
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I'd go with Walkers or try home made although it's not quite as easy as it sounds to get it right.

A friend of mine introduced me to crumbling shortbread over ice cream ... bloody hell it's good 😀


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:51 pm
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Home made by plump Scottish women old enough to draw the state pension.

I've always thought that Annabel Goldie, former leader of the Scottish tories, would make dynamite shortbread. She's just got that look about her.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 10:29 pm
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Co-op irresistible lemon shortbread biscuits.

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Posted : 15/11/2017 10:31 pm
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Posted : 15/11/2017 10:33 pm
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Good luck finding the tea biscuits above. They haven't been made since 2008!


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 10:37 pm
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Living in (forlorn) hope.
But they were good.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 11:48 pm
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Walkers,

Eugh, its about the only shortbread I won't eat if its within arms length (and any which could easily be confused with it). Shortbread should be slightly messy to eat, crumbly and require almost no effort to bite. For a widely available "main" brand Deans is pretty hard to beat. Either Aldi or Lidl (or both!) have some that seems remarkably similar so may well be from the same factory.

Of course, none of that compares to the homemade Cardamon Shortbread sitting in my kitchen!


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 11:54 pm
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Walkers. Buy it in bulk from the shop in Aviemore for much cheapness.
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Deans is an acceptable substitute but is too "crispy".


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 11:59 pm