Shortbread

Shortbread Treat

January 13, 2021

What better way to spend a cold winter’s day than tucking into some Stag Stornoway Shortbread! You be spoilt for choice as we make two irresistible flavours, traditional buttery shortbread and a more modern caramel shortbread with delicious caramel chunks folded into the buttery mix before baking.

The wonderful texture of our shortbread melts in the mouth and goes especially well with a cup of tea or even a cold glass of milk.

Some fun shortbread facts!

Shortbread’s history goes back to at least the 12th century and originally started as biscuit bread.
Shortbread was originally made in Scotland, with the first printed recipe, in 1736, from a Scotswoman named Mrs McLintock.
In previous years at a traditional Scottish wedding, the groom would break a shortbread biscuit over the bride’s head before she enters their new home. If the shortbread crumbled, it was a sign of a long and healthy marriage.
Shortbread was defended by early Scottish bakers who fought to prevent it from being classified as a biscuit to avoid paying a government tax on the product.
Traditional shortbread comes in either rounds, fingers or “petticoat tails” – delicate triangles cut from a larger circle, made to resemble the petticoats which ladies of early modern Britain like Mary Queen of Scots would have worn.