Pros: A highly calorific combination of butter, flour and sugar. Butter supplies
vitamin A (essential for healthy eyes, skin and respiratory tract) and
vitamin D. Sugar provides a fast source of energy. There are rarely any artificial additives.
See Also
4 Ingredient Shortbread CookiesBest Shortbread Cookies • My Pocket KitchenHow to make perfect shortbreadWe Tried 9 Brands to Find the Best ButterCons: Shortbread is a weight watcher's nightmare because it is
extremely high in saturated fat and calories. Saturated fat is the 'bad'
fat which is linked to artery-clogging high cholesterol and heart disease.
One gram of fat contains more than twice the calories as one gram of
protein or carbohydrate and sugar represents very poor nutritional
value for the calories it 'costs'.
Most watched News videos
- Shocking moment bike opens fire on Turkish restaurant in Dalston
- Trump adviser raises doubts about honoring his guilty verdict
- Biden shares new ceasefire plan Israel is proposing to Hamas
- Shocking moment bike opens fire on Turkish restaurant in Dalston
- Moment police officer is dragged down by car driver in tactical stop
- Nigel Farage says he backs Trump 'more than ever' after conviction
- Unimpressed woman rolls her eyes as Rishi Sunak finishes speech
- 16-year-old student asks Rishi Sunak why he 'hates' young people
- Abbot tells her supporters 'they want me excluded from Parliament'
- Thousands join Tommy Robinson for far-right demo in central London
- Aerials of Donald Trump's motorcade after hush money trial verdict
- Moment woman kills pensioner with Alzheimer's in 'red mist' shove
{"status":"error","code":"499","payload":"Asset id not found: readcomments comments with assetId=472, assetTypeId=1"}
