Shortbread cookies with butter

The butter shortbread cookies are prepared in an artisanal way in the South-West of France, you will find the taste of tasty butter and appreciate the crunchiness of the texture.

This pure butter shortbread will accompany you pleasantly during your tea or coffee breaks. The butter is generously used in the recipe, over 20% is the secret to a good shortbread!

170g box

The butter is generously used in the recipe, over 20% is the secret to a good shortbread!

The origins of shortbread are very old ... Its recipe dates from the end of the 17th century. The Marquise de Sévigné was very fond of it, and so were we!

It is said that the Marquise de Sablé would have brought to the court of King Louis XIV small dry and round biscuits that the King's brother found very suitable to his liking… This is how these small biscuits were born and their names “small shortbread”. in homage to the Marquise de Sablé.

Since its success has not been denied, the simplicity of the recipe with very few ingredients combined with tasty ingredients and the good skills of the pastry chefs have made it an essential cookie in French pastry making.

Ingredients of the butter shortbread cookies: WHEAT flour (GLUTEN) from the South-West, sugar, whole EGGS, BUTTER (21%), baking powder: sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate, salt.

Shortbread cookies with butter, a selection from my local delicatessen