Walker's Shortbread | Classic Scottish Cookies (2024)

FAQs

Is Walkers Shortbread made in Scotland? ›

ARE ALL THE PRODUCTS MADE IN SCOTLAND? Yes, everything is baked in the Scottish Highlands, either in our home village of Aberlour, or 16 miles away in a small town called Elgin.

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Today, Walkers Shortbread only ever uses fine creamery butter from grass fed cows, and never compromises by baking its shortbread with anything else.

They have a shelf life of 12 months. Walkers Shortbread is a popular Scottish brand that has been making shortbread since 1898. The company is known for its high-quality ingredients and traditional methods.

Traditional Scottish shortbread is a simple recipe made with sugar, butter, flour, and salt. Other shortbread styles will include leavening agents like baking powder and baking soda, which makes them crisp instead of crumbly like traditional Scottish shortbread.

The high butter quantity in shortbread (one part sugar to two parts butter) gives it that delightfully crumbly feel. And also its name. This is because the old meaning of the world “short” reflects this crumbliness and so the name 'shortbread' stuck.

Shortbread or shortie is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three to four parts plain wheat flour. Shortbread does not contain any leavening, such as baking powder or baking soda.

PURE BUTTER SHORTBREAD: WHEAT flour (WHEAT flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), butter (MILK) (32%), sugar, salt.

As shortbread was made with butter, sugar and flour, it would be both expensive and difficult to get hold of the ingredients, and so became synonymous with wealth, luxury and celebrations.

Walker's Shortbread has a delicious all-butter taste unlike any other. Perfect accompaniment to hot or iced tea, coffee, and ice cream.

Why did my shortbread turn out chewy? ›

Check doneness by looking for an even, light brown colour across the top of the biscuits, with slight darkening at the edges. Begin checking at the tail end of the cooking time. Undercooked shortbread will be doughy and chewy. Slightly overcooked and it will become chalky, brittle and hard.

Shortbread originated in and is generally associated with Scotland, but due to its popularity it is also made in the rest of the United Kingdom and similar biscuits are also made in Denmark, Ireland and Sweden. The Scottish version is the best-known and is widely exported.

Nevis Bakery's all butter, melt-in-the-mouth shortbread biscuits topped with sweet, crunchy demerara sugar. Winning 3 Gold stars and best Scottish Speciality at the Great Taste Awards in 2009. Made in the shadow of Ben Nevis near Fort William.

Our Traditions:

For over 125 years we have prided ourselves in baking the highest quality products and original family recipes from our home in beautiful Speyside in the Scottish Highlands.