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    "title": "Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Multipack, 6 x 25g",
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    "excerpt": "Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties is mini shortbread fingers in six sealed twenty five gram bags, one hundred and fifty grams in the pack, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the portioned shortbread for bags and lunchboxes.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat (gluten) and milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.What the multipack buys is a portion that ends and a bag that survives a rucksack.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties is the portioned version of a biscuit that normally comes in a box and gets eaten faster than anyone intends. Six small sealed bags of mini shortbread fingers, twenty five grams in each, one hundred and fifty grams in the pack. The shortbread is the same short, buttery, sandy thing it has always been; what you are buying here is the packaging decision. That decision is worth more than it sounds. Shortbread is rich, and a large box of it invites a second and a third finger without much thought. A sealed twenty five gram bag ends when it ends. It also travels: shortbread from an open box arrives at the bottom of a bag as crumbs, whereas a small sealed bag arrives intact. If you have ever taken shortbread on a walk or put it in a lunchbox, you already know which of those two experiences you have had. The Taste Profile\n\nButter: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) The whole flavour. Shortbread is a butter dough with just enough flour and sugar to hold it together, and there is nowhere for a poor butter note to hide.\nShort Crumb: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) The sandy, melting break that gives the biscuit its name. It does not snap like a digestive; it gives way and then dissolves.\nSweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Restrained by biscuit standards. There is enough sugar for the crust and no more, which is why shortbread goes with sweet things rather than competing with them.\nSalt: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Quiet but load bearing. It is what stops a butter and sugar biscuit tasting flat, and it is most obvious in the finish.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk. The Story Behind Walker's Shortbread Walker's is a Scottish shortbread house that has been baking in Speyside for well over a century, and shortbread is the thing it is known for rather than one line among many. The tartan box is one of the more recognisable pieces of packaging in British food, and the Wee Shorties are that same biscuit taken out of the box and put into portions. Shortbread as a category is defined by its fat: a very high proportion of butter to flour, no raising agent, and a bake that sets the crumb without browning it much. That is a statement about the style, not a reading of this pack. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \n\nYou are buying portions: a sealed unit that travels and a portion that stops.\nContains gluten and dairy: shortbread is a wheat flour dough made with butter, so this is neither a vegan nor a dairy free nor a gluten free product. Read the current pack for everything else.\nNot a dunking biscuit: the crumb is short and fat rich, and it goes to paste in a hot drink within a couple of seconds. This one belongs on the saucer.\n How Does Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Compare to: \nWalker's Shortbread Fingers, 10 Pack 160g: the full size fingers from the same house. Buy the larger fingers if shortbread is going on a plate with a pot of tea, and the Wee Shorties if it is going in a bag.\nPaterson's Shortbread Fingers, 300g: a great deal more shortbread, in one box rather than six bags, and no portion control at all, which is the entire trade you are making here.\nFurniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Clotted Cream, 200g: a richer, softer, more dessert like shortbread with a heavier mouthfeel. The Walker's is the cleaner, drier, more classical version of the same idea and the better one beside a cup of tea.\n Ideal Serving Conditions Shortbread is mostly butter, so everything that matters about serving it comes back to temperature and to how long the bag has been open. Neither takes any effort to get right. The Saucer Serve \nCool, never warm: a warm room softens the crumb and the biscuit reads greasy rather than short. A cool cupboard is enough; the fridge is not necessary and dries them out.\nOpen one bag at a time: the sealed bag is the whole point. Once it is open the crumb starts taking on moisture from the air and the clean break goes within a day or two.\nEat it in two or three bites: shortbread releases its butter slowly and the flavour builds. Bolting one loses most of what you paid for.\nNothing sweet on the side: the sugar level is low for a reason. If you are putting something with it, make it fruit or cream rather than jam or chocolate.\n The Things the Small Bags Do That a Box Cannot \nThey travel: shortbread in an open box becomes crumbs in a rucksack. A sealed bag arrives whole.\nThey stop: twenty five grams is a portion with an end to it, which a box is not.\nThey stay fresh: five bags are still sealed while you are eating the sixth, so the last one is as short and clean as the first.\nThey crush deliberately: a bag crushed while still sealed gives you an instant cheesecake base or a crumb topping with no board and no mess.\n Getting It Right with a Hot Drink \nPairing: a plain black tea is the classic partner and it is classic for a reason, because tannin cuts butter better than anything else on the table. A milky Assam or a builder's tea works just as well as anything fancier.\n\nDunking: not really. Two seconds is the limit before the crumb collapses, and a collapsed shortbread leaves butter on the surface of the tea. Keep it on the saucer.\nStorage: cool, dry, dark and sealed. Butter takes on kitchen smells quickly, so keep the pack away from anything strong.\nBest with: a pot of tea, strawberries and cream in summer, stewed fruit in winter, and a lunchbox that needs something better than a cereal bar.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat (gluten) and milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. No health claim: shortbread is a high fat biscuit and the butter is the point of it. Small bags: keep the empty wrappers away from small children and pets, and put them in the bin rather than the pocket. Child safety: keep out of reach of small children.",
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                "content": "How many bags are in the pack, and how big are they?Six bags of twenty five grams each, which is one hundred and fifty grams in total. Can I dunk them?Barely. Two seconds is about the limit. Shortbread has a short, fat rich crumb that goes to paste quickly, and a collapsed one leaves butter floating on the tea. This is a saucer biscuit. What is shortbread, exactly?A biscuit defined by its fat: a high proportion of butter to flour, no raising agent, and a bake that sets the crumb without browning it much. That is what gives it the sandy break and the long buttery finish. Do they need keeping cool?Cool, yes; cold, no. A warm room softens the crumb and the biscuit reads greasy rather than short. The fridge overcorrects and dries them out, so a cool cupboard away from the oven is the right place. What should I drink with them?A plain black tea. Tannin cuts butter better than anything else on the table, and a builder's tea does the job as well as anything more expensive. Plain black coffee works too. Why are they less sweet than most biscuits?Because shortbread is a butter biscuit rather than a sugar one. What is the point of the small bags?They travel, so shortbread arrives whole instead of as crumbs in the bottom of a bag, and they stop, because twenty five grams has an end to it in a way that an open box does not. Can I use them for a cheesecake base?Yes, and the sealed bag makes it easy. Crush a bag while it is still closed, tip the crumbs into melted butter and press. Shortbread makes a richer base than a digestive and needs a little less butter. How should I store the pack once it is opened?Keep the unopened bags cool, dry, dark and away from anything strong smelling, because butter takes on kitchen odours readily. An opened bag should be eaten the same day; the clean break goes first. Why do mine seem softer than the last pack?Almost always humidity. A short crumb takes moisture out of the air quickly once the seal is broken, which softens the break without changing the flavour. Unopened bags are not affected."
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                "content": "Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat (gluten) and milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, folic acid, thiamin), butter (milk) (35%), sugar, salt.Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy532 kcalFat30.4gof which saturates18.8gCarbohydrate58.4gof which sugars16.4gFibre2gProtein5.6gSalt0.7gIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsPack format6 sealed bags x 25g = 150gA portioned multipack. The finger count per bag is printed on the pack.Pack: Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Multipack, 6 x 25g; six sealed twenty five gram bags of mini shortbread fingers, one hundred and fifty grams in total. Store cool, dry, dark and sealed, away from anything strong smelling. Read the net weight, the finger count, the ingredient list, the allergen advice and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown. Wheat and butter are stated because shortbread is defined by them; nothing else is inferred.Sourcing & blend. Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Multipack, 6 x 25g comes from Walker's, a Scottish shortbread house that has been baking in Speyside for well over a century and is known for that one biscuit above everything else. The Wee Shorties are the same shortbread taken out of the tartan box and put into sealed portions, which changes nothing about the biscuit and a good deal about how it is used.What's in Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Multipack, 6 x 25g, and what isn't:\nIn: mini shortbread fingers, six sealed twenty five gram bags to the pack.\n\nNot vegan and not dairy free: shortbread is a butter dough.\nContains gluten: the dough is wheat flour and it is not suitable for a coeliac diet.\nNo health claim: this is a high fat butter biscuit. We claim no benefit of any kind for it."
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                "content": "The flavour of Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Multipack, 6 x 25g is built in three layers, and because shortbread is such a short ingredient list, reading them in order explains almost everything about why the biscuit tastes the way it does from the first bite to the last.The outer layer is aroma and surface. A baked butter dough smells of butter and of very little else, with a faint toasted note from the outside of the biscuit where the heat reached it first. That restraint is part of the appeal; it is also why shortbread suffers more than most biscuits from being stored next to something strong smelling, because there is nothing in it to mask what it has absorbed.The flavour spike arrives in the middle of the bite and it is butter, salt and sugar in that order of importance. The sugar level is deliberately low for a biscuit, so what you taste is dairy fat with a saline edge rather than sweetness. The salt is doing more work than its quantity suggests: take it out and a butter and flour biscuit tastes flat and slightly chalky. Because the flavour is fat carried rather than sugar carried, it builds across two or three bites rather than hitting at once, which is why bolting a shortbread finger wastes it.The base structure is the crumb, and it is the thing the biscuit is named for. A high fat dough with no raising agent bakes into a short, sandy texture that gives way under pressure and then dissolves rather than shattering. There is no snap and no chew. The finish is long, buttery and clean, with the salt hanging around after the butter has gone. That same short crumb is why the biscuit crushes so readily into a cheesecake base and why it cannot survive more than a second or two in a hot drink.Getting it right in the cup. The honest version of this heading is that this biscuit sits on the saucer rather than going into the cup. A short, fat rich crumb takes on hot liquid fast and collapses, and a collapsed shortbread leaves a slick of butter on the surface of the tea. Two seconds is the outside limit if you insist. What does work is the pairing, and the classical answer is also the right one: a plain black tea, because tannin cuts dairy fat better than anything else you are likely to have in the house. A milky Assam or an ordinary builder's tea does the job as well as anything more expensive. Plain black coffee works too.How water and temperature change it. Both act on the same thing, which is the butter. Cool, the fat is firm, the crumb breaks cleanly and the biscuit reads short and dry in the good sense. Warm, the fat softens, the crumb goes slightly greasy against the tongue and the whole biscuit tastes duller even though nothing has changed chemically. A cool cupboard away from the oven is all that is needed; the fridge overcorrects and dries the crumb out. Humidity is the other variable and it works only on an opened bag: a short crumb draws moisture out of the air within a day or two, which softens the break without altering the flavour much. That is the real argument for six sealed bags rather than one box, because five of them are still airtight while you are eating the sixth. Smell is the last risk, since butter absorbs odours readily and shortbread has nothing loud enough to hide them."
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                "content": "Walker's Shortbread Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Multipack, 6 x 25g is a saucer biscuit and a baking ingredient rather than a dunker, and the sealed bags make both jobs easier. Five builds below cover the proper afternoon cup, summer strawberries, a cheesecake base crushed in the bag, a stewed fruit pudding and the lunchbox plan.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Proper Afternoon Cup\n \n How to make The Proper Afternoon Cup with Walker's Wee Shorties.\n \n 6 min\n 1 person\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 sealed bag of Wee Shorties\n A pot of plain black tea\n Freshly drawn water, just off the boil\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew the tea properly and strong. Tannin is what cuts butter, and a weak cup leaves the biscuit tasting heavy.\n Open one bag only and leave the other five sealed. The clean break is the first thing to go once air gets in.\n Eat each finger in two or three bites rather than one. Shortbread releases its butter slowly and the flavour builds.\n Keep the biscuit on the saucer. Two seconds in the cup is the limit before the crumb collapses.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The version of this pairing that people have been getting right for two hundred years: strong plain tea against a short, salty, buttery crumb.\n\n \n Strawberries, Cream and Crushed Shortbread\n \n How to make Strawberries, Cream and Crushed Shortbread with Walker's Wee Shorties.\n \n 10 min\n 2 bowls\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags of Wee Shorties\n 250g strawberries, hulled and halved\n 150ml double cream, lightly whipped\n A teaspoon of caster sugar\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Toss the strawberries with the sugar and leave them for ten minutes so they release some juice.\n Crush one bag of shortbread while it is still sealed, into rubble rather than powder.\n Layer cream, strawberries and rubble in two bowls, finishing with rubble so it stays crisp.\n Break the second bag into halves and stand them in the top to eat with the spoon.\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Cheesecake Base, Crushed in the Bag\n \n How to make Cheesecake Base, Crushed in the Bag with Walker's Wee Shorties.\n \n 15 min + 4 hr chill\n One 20cm base\n Medium\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags of Wee Shorties, still sealed\n 60g butter, melted\n A 20cm springform tin, lined\n A rolling pin\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Crush the four sealed bags with a rolling pin until the contents are even crumbs. No board and no washing up.\n Stir the crumbs into the melted butter. Shortbread needs less butter than a digestive base because the biscuit already carries fat.\n Press the mixture firmly into the lined tin with the back of a spoon and chill for at least an hour before filling.\n Chill the finished cheesecake for four hours. A shortbread base cuts cleaner cold than a digestive one does.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A richer, shorter base than the standard digestive version, and one that holds its edge when the slice is lifted.\n\n \n Stewed Apple with Shortbread Rubble\n \n How to make Stewed Apple with Shortbread Rubble with Walker's Wee Shorties.\n \n 20 min\n 2 bowls\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags of Wee Shorties\n 3 cooking apples, peeled and sliced\n A tablespoon of water and a little sugar\n A pinch of cinnamon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Stew the apples with the water, a little sugar and the cinnamon over a low heat until they collapse.\n Crush one bag of shortbread coarsely and keep the second bag whole for the side of the bowl.\n Spoon the warm apple into bowls and scatter the rubble over just before serving, so it stays crisp.\n Serve with the whole fingers on the side for dipping into the fruit.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A crumble without the oven: warm sharp fruit, cold buttery rubble and no baking at all.\n\n \n The Week's Bags\n \n How to make The Week's Bags with Walker's Wee Shorties.\n \n 3 min\n 6 outings\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n The full six bag pack\n A lunchbox, a rucksack or a glovebox\n An apple or something sharp to go with it\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Leave the bags sealed and keep the pack somewhere cool and dark rather than a cupboard above the oven.\n Take one bag at a time. A sealed bag survives a rucksack, where shortbread from an open box arrives as crumbs.\n Pack something sharp alongside, because butter and salt want acidity rather than more sugar.\n Eat the bag the day it is opened. Once the seal is broken the crumb softens within a day or two.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Six intact portions across a week instead of a box that is empty by Wednesday and crumbs by Friday."
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