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.
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Perfect Shortbread Cookies (tender & buttery) - Lauren's Latest10 facts about Scottish shortbread you never knewIs There A Difference Between Scottish Shortbread And Regular Shortbread?ShortbreadCons: 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
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Shortbread - A Short Historyprotein or carbohydrate and sugar represents very poor nutritional
value for the calories it 'costs'.
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