Short bread

I think it depends on the recipe (particularly the quantity of butter) and how hard you cook it, but I've kept it perfectly well for a couple of weeks. No idea why though must have been ill or on holiday or something, normal shelf life for biscuits in my house would rival Squeaky's!

KTFrugal wrote:

if nobody but me knows it's there.

lol - that sounds about right...

I know that if you keep shortbread and it gets a little soft, it's perfectly ok to stick it in a hot oven for a few minutes to "crisp" it up again.

it keeps in an airtight tub for about 3 months (never lasts that long in our house though). for xmas, i make in advance, then decorate and wrap in cellophane about a week before, as long as its secured tightly it'll be fine.

we bake it quite often, the kids love it, its nice if you mix in some dried fruit too for fruit shortbread.

they will keep, but only for about 6 weeks or the chocolate can go a bit white like old chocolate can, but still means you can do them well in advance of xmas though. we half dip ours, only for the sake that young kids have a non choclate bit to hold on to when they are eating so they don't get half as messy. we also make a batch after xmas dipped in melted toberlerone, as the kids always get a big one each at xmas and get bored before they finish it, makes a nice change though if you can get one cheap somewhere.