449 shortbread recipes

Layered pumpkin walnut pie hides a buttery brown-sugar walnut praline beneath a creamy, cream-cheese-rich pumpkin custard in a shortbread crust, crowned with baked pastry leaves. A Thanksgiving showpiece.

Pflaumenkuchen: traditional German plum cake on a buttery shortbread base with quartered Italian prune plums and peach jam glaze. Late summer pastry heaven.

Lemon mousse cake with a tender shortbread crust and a cloud-light citrus mousse stabilized with gelatin. A three-layer chilled dessert that slices clean and tastes like spring.

Buttery orange shortbread biscuits with custard powder and fresh orange zest. British-style melting moments with crisp edges and tender, crumbly centers.

A light, soufflé-style cheesecake made with sieved cottage cheese, grated Swiss cheese, and whipped egg whites on a shortbread crust. Not your typical cheesecake, and that's the point.

Easy strawberry cheesecake bars with a buttery shortbread crust and creamy strawberry-swirled filling. These mini cheesecakes are perfect for potlucks and parties.

Crescent cookies are buttery shortbread crescents rolled in cinnamon powdered sugar while warm. A six-ingredient holiday classic also called Mexican wedding cookies or kifli.

Almond crescent cookies, a classic holiday shortbread shaped into delicate crescents with chopped almonds, vanilla, and almond extract, rolled in powdered sugar after baking. Buttery, tender, slightly sandy.

Danish biscuits are crisp Scandinavian shortbread cookies spiced with cardamom, cinnamon and clove. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, and a tin keeps them fresh for weeks.

Classic lemon squares with a buttery shortbread crust topped with a bright, tangy lemon filling and powdered sugar glaze. The bake sale favorite everyone fights over.

Buttery crescent cookies with ground nuts, chilled overnight, then shaped into half moons and rolled hot in powdered sugar. A traditional Christmas cookie with crumbly shortbread texture.

Buttery shortbread-style cookies studded with chocolate chips and slivered almonds, perfumed with both vanilla and almond extract. Eggless, no-fuss, and ready for any party tray.

These turned out perfect—crushed candy canes make them nice and crispy on the outside, with a soft melt-in-the-mouth explosion on the inside. I was really impressed a bit like shortbread with a minty twist.

Classic lemon bars with a buttery shortbread crust and silky citrus curd filling, finished with a snowfall of powdered sugar. Tangy without going puckery, just the right balance of bright and sweet.

Nutty Roca cookies: a buttery shortbread bar topped with melted chocolate and pressed-in nuts, inspired by the famous Almond Roca toffee candy. Two-step bake-and-spread for 48 bars.

Sugarless heart cookies sweetened with sugar-free fruit gelatin instead of granulated sugar. Roll-and-cut shortbread-style dough, six ingredients, flavor and color come straight from the gelatin packet.