by The BBC Food team

Three ingredients is all you need for these traditional buttery shortbread biscuits. Try making them for a fun afternoon activity with the kids. You can also add chocolate chips or orange zest to the dough if you like, or drizzle the cooked shortbread with melted chocolate.

Each shortbread biscuit provides 90 kcal, 0.9g protein, 9.4g carbohydrate (of which 2.8g sugars), 5.3g fat (of which 3.3g saturates), 0.4g fibre and 0g salt. Based on the recipe making 20 biscuits.

Cakes and baking