A Four-Ingredient Cookie That’s Tender and Crunchy
By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark prefers shortbread to chocolate chip cookies. Published April 23, 2026 Updated April 23, 2026 Calling for just four ingredients — butter, sugar, flour and salt — shortbread is one of the simplest confections you can bake. And it’s precisely this minimalism that makes it so singular. There’s no egg, no…