449 shortbread recipes

Apple crumb cake with a buttery shortbread-style base and crumb topping made from one mixture. Tart cooked apples sandwiched between two crisp golden layers.

Cream filbert cookies with a whole hazelnut hidden inside each shortbread ball, glazed in vanilla icing and rolled in sugar. Vintage Pacific Northwest holiday cookie with a sweet crackly finish.

Mexican mocha balls: shortbread-style chocolate-coffee cookies with chopped walnuts and maraschino cherries, rolled in extra-fine sugar. Perfect for the holiday cookie tray.

Mexican polvorones, crumbly cinnamon shortbread cookies coated in a chocolate-cinnamon sugar. Baked low and slow for a melt-in-your-mouth traditional Mexican cookie.

Shortbread crust and lots of fresh plums, simple ingredients make this delicious plum tart!

Buttery shortbread bars layered with tart raspberry jam, crowned with glossy meringue studded with toasted almonds and coconut shreds.

Cream cheese butter cookies with a raspberry jam thumbprint. Tender, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread enriched with cream cheese. No leavening, no spreading.

Buttery shortbread crust topped with a fluffy almond paste filling, folded egg whites, lemon juice, and flaked coconut. A Dutch bakery classic that yields 50 bars from one pan.

Florentine triangle cookies with a buttery shortbread crust, candied cherry and pineapple topping with almonds, and a semi-sweet chocolate drizzle. A stunning holiday cookie.

Four-layer butterscotch cheesecake with a buttery pecan shortbread crust, fluffy cream cheese filling, butterscotch pudding, and fresh whipped cream. No-bake filling makes this a stress-free showstopper.

Lemon chiffon pie with a lemon-zest shortbread crust, cloud-light gelatin-set citrus filling, and a topping of fresh whipped cream. Bright, fluffy, refreshing.

Mexican wedding cakes: buttery five-ingredient shortbread-style cookies rolled in powdered sugar while hot. Melt-in-your-mouth tradition for weddings, holidays, and gifting.

Mexican cheese cookies are slim shortbread-style sticks made with shredded Monterey Jack folded into a buttery sugar dough, baked until golden at the edges.

Mohn kuchen: a traditional German poppy seed cake with a pressed shortbread base, creamy cooked poppy seed filling, and buttery streusel top. Dense, nutty, old-world dessert.

Maple walnut squares with a buttery shortbread crust and a gooey maple syrup and maple sugar filling topped with chopped walnuts. Like pecan pie bars with a pure maple twist.

Chocolate raspberry Linzer cookies sandwich cinnamon-almond shortbread with melted chocolate and raspberry jam. Powdered-sugar tops with a window peek of berry filling.