Here are a few tips for creating the perfect shortbread cookie recipes for Christmas: Buttery, soft, and sweet, these ...

Buttery shortbread is not only a favorite holiday treat but it makes a great gift. Our cookie platter would be lonely without it. My husband hails from Scotland, where shortbread is a BIG DEAL.

Looking for the ultimate cookie? This one, from Jesse Szewczyk’s “Cookies: The New Classics” (Clarkson Potter, $27.50), hits all the buttons. Buttery shortbread. Gooey caramel. Nutty peanut butter. Oh ...

Lightly sweet and quite crumbly, shortbread cookies are a buttery wonder. They take minutes to make, are sturdy enough to package as gifts and improve with age. The simplest kinds of shortbread ...

Chocolate chip cookies tend to be the crowd favorite, but I think shortbread cookies deserve a well-earned seat at the table too. They are intensely buttery, delicate and crumbly — with the right ...