Butter cookies

Butter cookies are crisp sweet biscuits with a high proportion of butter, which gives them a rich buttery flavour and a characteristic crumbly texture. Classic shortbread dough is made with flour, sugar, and butter in roughly a 3:1:2 ratio. They pair beautifully with tea or coffee, are used as a cheesecake base (crushed in place of digestive biscuits), as cake decoration, or as part of Christmas baking. They come in various shapes (rounds, stars, fingers) and are often dusted with caster sugar.