Shortbread Cookies for Holidays
Shortbread cookies are a classic, crumbly butter cookie, traditionally made with just three simple ingredients: flour, butter, and sugar. Originating in Scotland, they are a beloved festive treat often shaped into rounds, fingers, or petticoat tails and baked to a pale golden hue.
🍽️ Nutrition at a glance
These cookies are high in carbohydrates and fat, primarily from the butter and sugar, with very little protein. A typical small serving (about one cookie) contains roughly 100-150 calories.
Nutrition breakdown
| Calories | 230 kcal |
| Protein | 2.5 g |
| Carbs | 28 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Fiber | 0.5 g |
| Sugar | 14 g |
| Sodium | 120 mg |
| Calcium | 15 mg |
| Iron | 1.2 mg |
| Potassium | 40 mg |
| Vitamin A | 60 IU |
| Vitamin D | 0.2 mcg |
| Vitamin E | 0.5 mg |
| Phosphorus | 25 mg |
| Magnesium | 5 mg |
Per 3 cookies (approx. 45 g) · estimated, varies by recipe
💡 What's interesting
Culturally, shortbread is strongly associated with Scottish holidays, particularly Christmas and Hogmanay (New Year's Eve). Nutritionally, its simplicity highlights the quality of its core ingredients, especially the butter, which is key to its signature melt-in-the-mouth texture.
