By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark prefers shortbread to chocolate chip cookies. PublishedApril 23, 2026 UpdatedApril 23, 2026 Calling for just four ingredients — butter, sugar, flour and salt — shortbread is one of the simplest confections you can bake. And it’s precisely this minimalism that makes it so singular. There’s no egg, no liquid, no chocolate, no spice. There’s not even leavening to mitigate its rigorous plainness. Yet good shortbread al…
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