Do you like shortbread?

[TheTecknician]

It's one of those foods that I never buy myself but often have it given at Christmas. I don't dislike it as such but I find it a little too sweet for my taste - that's why I prefer biscuits like HobNobs and Lotus Biscoff. Cheap shortbread is grim compared to the stuff made with clotted cream.

I always think it’s too pale and bland but I eat it anyway. Someone gave me some Fortnum and Masons macadamia shortbread last year and it was fantastic but I’m not going to buy it for myself!

It’s the biscuit of the Gods

Yes. It's quite possibly the most enjoyable and useful thing that I got last Christmas!

I guess it's the spiciness in Biscoff (cinnamon?) and the slight saltiness in HobNobs that I notice more.

Lovely, got several packets in Home Bargains just before Christmas- crumbly and buttery.

If it’s good quality - love it.

I have a very sweet tooth, but shortbread is so dull it’s not worth the calories IMO…..
I give any I am given to my husband, to put in his staff room.

I agree. When I was in the US some years ago I complained about the mayo being sweet. Yes ma'am, it's mayo - it's sweet. Umm, no!

I like shortbread but rarely ever buy it as I'm not generally a biscuit fan.

I did buy some months back a box of Waitrose Colombian Coffee shortbread and pretty much ate the box in a day.

Haven't bought it since, too tempting.

This is what I've got:

Deans of Huntly far superior to Patterson's.👍😁

Patterson, even the clotted cream version is poor/mediocre shortbread. I buy it because it’s on a deal and then regret it.
Definitely worth trying to make it, needs to be a mix of plain flour and semolina so it is “short” enough.

Definitely don’t just want one 😂

Clotted cream? What?!

I went down a rabbit hole and found that Patersons make one, clotted cream and rapeseed oil. Beurgh. But then Rodda’s makes one that has proper ingredients. I’d buy the latter.

Love shortbread but try to only buy it at Christmas. We do buy the mini bags from Ocado for lunch boxes as they are non upf and feel a bit more reasonable than a penguin.

Paterson’s is lowest tier, even with the addition of some clotted cream.

I love shortbread. I like Walkers but my favourite is Sainsburys toffee shortbread. It’s good to dunk in tea.

Love it, my son wants me to make it more as he adores the M&S choc chunk shortbread but I refuse to pay that much for it.

Yes but i don’t buy if often because of the amount of sugar in it

Hate hobnobs and lotus love m&s chocolate chip shortbread (not the bakery one but the one in the biscuit aisle

That shortbread is so good, I’ve got a couple of dupe recipes saved for it

I love it! Absolute favourite for me .When DS was small used to get nice tin M and S,Shaped like a telephone box . always surprise me when people say what presents to buy on here .M and S shortbread .M and S jewellery (not earrings though) their swiss milk choccies list goes on and on!

I like Walkers shortbread. Just has flour, butter, sugar and salt so free from upfs. Homemade is even better but often don't have the time for that.

Homemade - love it. Supermarket, less good. But for anyone into low upf Aldi/ Lidl (can't remember which) is upf free ie just butter sugar flour so in that sense it's ' healthier'.

Good job I didn't buy it!

I like it but dislike HobNobs as they taste like horrifically sweet oats. The Biscoff biscuits are ok, but I wouldn't choose them, they're like toffee-flavour cat's tongues.