shortbread
A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.
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Always served with a little home made shortcake biscuit! I don’t eat shortbread myself but a lovely touch imo!
Wonderful to join the BBC Shortbread 🔴 Tory lunchtime party political broadcast… 🇬🇧 🐂 💩 propaganda pumped out for the next 90 mins…desperate measures for them given polling for Sarwar their chief 🤥
We're thrilled to share that with each eligible Walker's Shortbread's Scottie Dog Shortbread purchase, Walker's contributes to our programs that protect and care for vulnerable animals, animals like Ocean! This is sho…
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A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.
“Always served with a little home made shortcake biscuit! I don’t eat shortbread myself but a lovely touch imo!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Wonderful to join the BBC Shortbread 🔴 Tory lunchtime party political broadcast… 🇬🇧 🐂 💩 propaganda pumped out for the next 90 mins…desperate measures for them given polling for Sarwar their chief 🤥”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We're thrilled to share that with each eligible Walker's Shortbread's Scottie Dog Shortbread purchase, Walker's contributes to our programs that protect and care for vulnerable animals, animals like Ocean! This is shortbread that saves. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4w8UPku”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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