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Shortbread is a great treat and biscuit. Very easy to make with flour and butter and a bit of icing sugar.  The Canada Cornstarch Shortbread recipe is a classic.  MyPersonaliTea includes its personality in this classes recipe with 12 variations.  Give them a try for an extra special shortbread cookie.

cherry walnut shortbread

Day 3 – Try this special cherry walnut shortbread recipe

January 13, 2019November 21, 2022Lani and Norm

Among all the variations on the Classic Canada cornstarch shortbread recipe I made, this one seems to be a real popular one. For some reason the moisture from the cherries combined with the crunch of the walnuts along with the buttery shortbread combine perfectly to satisfy almost everyone that has tried them. The quantities I […]

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matcha shortbread

Day 2 – Try this interesting shortbread variation, a matcha shortbread recipe

January 12, 2019November 21, 2022Lani and Norm

Matcha is being used in cooking in many ways. Including in cookies and in this case shortbread.

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chai shortbread

Day 1 – Chai shortbread adds some spice to the holidays

January 11, 2019November 7, 2022Lani and Norm

Chai is a great mix of spices, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves sometimes other spices can be included such as all spice, turmeric and more. It gives a warm flavour and scent which is great in shortbread.

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Classic Canada cornstarch shortbread

Day 0 – Canada Cornstarch Shortbread – Grandma’s Shortbread Recipe

January 9, 2019November 7, 2022Lani and Norm

Shortbread is a holiday staple. I found this full proof shortbread recipe when I was younger on the back of a Canada Corn Starch box and everyone loved it. But it’s just a classic shortbread. Nothing wrong with that! When I started looking at cooking with tea I came across an Earl Grey shortbread then a matcha shortbread.

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black tea shortbread recipe

Have you ever tried black tea shortbread?

November 25, 2018November 11, 2022Lani and Norm

I have come across earl grey shortbread recipes in the past and other variations on the shortbread but decided to go with a classic shortbread recipe and modify it myself. In this case I just added in some black tea I had.

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