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Monday, December 20, 2010

Walkers Shortbread Holiday Recipes and a Giveaway!

Have you ever had Walkers Shortbread products?   If not, you're missing out on a great treat.    I've blogged before about my family's love of their products.    We especially like their individual two packs of fingers or chocolate chip cookies.    They're great for lunch bags or I sent them along as snacks when my son went to Europe this past summer and my daughter interned in Washington, D.C.   They're much better than the usual cookies you find in stores. 

I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted by Walkers and asked to review their products and make a few recipes with their products.    They sent me several of the simpler recipes to try because I think they'd heard of my famous cooking (in)abilities.    Yet I managed to make tasty treats anyway!





I received their Shortbread Fingers which I already love!   They're so rich and buttery tasting and are great plain or I like them dipped into my hot tea or coffee.    I also used them to make the Caramel Nut Bars recipe off of their site.  

 

 

Caramel Nut Bars


1 cup caramels
1 tbls. water
8 Walkers Shortbread Fingers
1/2 cup chopped cashews

In a heavy saucepan, combine water and caramels over low heat to melt the caramels. Stir frequently until smooth. Dip the shortbread fingers in the hot caramel sauce, turning until coated. Roll in the chopped cashews and place on wax paper.  P.S.   My daughter's job was the rolling in the cashews....just saying :)








The Mini Oatcakes were new to me, and are also  tasty treats, especially when served with cheese or other toppings.    I used these to make the following recipe off their site.

Blue Cheese Topped Oatcakes


Walkers Mini Oatcakes
Blue Cheese
Cream Cheese
Apples
Toasted Walnuts

Blend 1/2 and 1/2 blue cheese and cream cheese.  Spread that on top of the cracker, with a slice of apple and toasted walnuts.











I received several other items to sample also.    One was the Strathspey pictured at left which is a traditional  fruitcake topped with marzipan and sugar icing.   This is also tasty, rich and sweet.










Both of the recipes would be perfect to serve for a holiday gathering of any sort.   They would be great for Christmas parties or New Year's gatherings.   The other products such as the Strathspey or the Glenfiddich Highland Whiskey Cake (I can't wait to try this!) would be perfect also. 

Thanks to Iza and Walkers Shortbread, one lucky reader of my blog will receive three of these products to try themselves.    You will receive the Shortbread Fingers, the Mini Oatcakes, and the Strathspey.   Let the salivating begin!


Buy It:    Check out Walkers Shortbread at many stores, at Amazon, or  at their website.

Win It:   Walkers Shortbread has been generous and offered one of my readers Mini Oatcakes, Shortbread Fingers, and Strathspey. 


Mandatory Entry:   Please visit Walkers Shortbread and tell me another product not reviewed above you'd like.
 
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4)   Blog about this on your own blog with a link here and to Walkers Shortbread.    (5 entries so leave 5 comments)
5)  Enter any other open giveaway.
6)  Tell me another recipe from their site you'd like to try. 
7)  Read my post about swagbucks HERE and leave a comment on it.   Come back to let me know on this post
8)  Join swagbucks through the referral link on this post and get 5 extra entries.  You must be an active member of swagbucks by the end of the giveaway for these entries to count.  Make sure to leave 5 separate entries

RULES:
Giveaway begins now and ends Thurs Dec. 30th  at 10PM EST.   Must be 18 or older to enter and must reside in the US. Winner will be selected with random.org and will be notified by email.   Winner must respond by within 24 hours  or a new winner will be selected.    Prize will be mailed from Walkers Shortbread.

Disclosure:   I have not been compensated in any way for this review.   My review is my own and my honest opinion.

169 comments:

  1. I like the quadruple chocolate cookies.

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  2. I would love to try the Orange Viennese Cookies
    Thank you for the giveaway :)
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  4. I'd love to try the Baked Ginger Apples recipe!
    Thank you for the giveaway :)
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  5. I would love to try the Chocolate Chip Shortbread. I love shortbread and I love chocolate chips so this would be wonderful to try!

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  6. I would love to try the Butter Digestive Biscuits also.
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  10. I'd love to try the recipe for the Brie and Caramelized Onion Tarts with Oatcake Crust.
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  11. I would like to try their plum pudding.
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  13. I'm a food historian- I have to say the Christmas pudding is a sentimental favorite of mine: Rich, moist Christmas pudding with an added "tot" of Glenfiddich Whisky.
    I order this every year. writer61@yahoo.com

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  14. I just subscribed to your email list- and please keep me updated! writer61@yahoo.com

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  15. I'd like the Festive Shapes Shortbread.

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  21. I would like to try the White Chocolate and Raspberry Cookies...they sound so yummy! Thank you for a great food giveaway. :)

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  22. Top / Scottish Cookies / Quadruple Chocolate Cookies
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  23. would like to try Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake
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  24. I would love to try the stem ginger cookies

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  25. I would like to try the raspberry thins.

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  26. quadruple chocolate cookies mrs.mommyyatgmail

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  27. The plum pudding looks yummie!!

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  32. I'd love to try the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies. Drool.
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  34. we would try the quadruple chocolate cookies.

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  35. I like the quadruple chocolate cookies.

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  36. I love these shortbreads, but I never though to make things with them--what a great idea! I am definitely saving these recipes. Another product I'd love to try are the Lemon Thins.
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  39. I'd also like to make the Baked Ginger Apples
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  40. I want Glenfiddich Highland Whisky Cake

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  41. The almond shortbread sounds really good.

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  42. I'd like to try the Chocolate Chip Shortbread
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  46. I like the Almond Apricot Tart recipe
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  47. I'd like the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies

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  48. I'm a GFC follower #1

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  50. I would like to try the Orange Viennese Cookies.
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  52. The White Chocolate and Raspberry cookies look like they would make me a very happy camper.

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  53. I would like to try their recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Bars: http://www.walkersus.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?ID=15

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  56. Butterscotch Shortbread Rings - YUMMY
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  59. I absolutely adore Walker's Shortbread and would love to try all their other delicious offerings. None of them are available in our local stores, except the shortbread. One of want to try is the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies.

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  62. I'd like the Glenfiddich Highland Whisky Cake

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  63. Glenfiddich Highland Whisky Cake must be really popular but in our case it happens to be a favourite of my husband!
    Many thanks for the opportunity and the best of Holidays to you and yours!

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  64. I think the Chocolate Chip Shortbread sounds soooo yummy!

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  67. these look yummy!
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  68. The Dark Chocolate Ginger Royals sound delicious!

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  73. Another recipe I would love to try is the Carrot Halwa Cheesecake.

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  74. I would like to try their Quadruple Chocolate cookies.

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  80. I would like to try the Blueberry Crumble recipe.

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  81. I would love to try the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies from Walkers Shortbread.

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  85. I would love to try the Carrot Halwa Cheesecake Recipe.

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  86. I would like to try the milk chocolate orange royal shortbread cookies...they sound delicious.

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  87. There some real good recipes there. The blueberry crumble sounds tasty. I had never thought about using these cookies in something other than just a cookie.

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  88. I commented on the Swagbucks post....keep those Amazon cards coming!

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  89. The Quadruple Chocolate Cookies look delicious. Thanks!

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  90. I love these cookies, and all the recipes.

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  91. Awesome blog and thanks for the giveaway!
    Would love, love, LOVE to win this!
    Happy New Year!
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  92. My husband loves Walker's Shortbread.
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  93. The white chocolate raspberry cookies look divine though I'm also wanting to sing my teeth into the Strathspey I'm a crazy marzipan lover yummy.
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  96. Omg the Almond Apricot tart my mother would go nuts for. Her fave fruit and nut in one yummy deliciousness
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  97. Would love to try the oatflake and cranberry cookies

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  100. I love Shortbread, but the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies look great too.

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  101. I would like to try the buttery shortbread rings topped with the smoothest dark chocolate
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  102. I would like the Scottish Cookie Assortment.

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  103. I'm all about those Quadrupole Chocolate cookies - yum!

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  104. Chocolate Chip Shortbread!

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  105. I'd like to try Dark Chocolate Ginger Royals

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  106. I'd like to try the Glenfiddich Highland Whiskey Cake, something different

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  109. I'd like to try the Orange Viennese Cookies.
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  110. i would also like the White Chocolate & Raspberry Cookies
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  111. Holy cow! I would love the Peter Pan tin with cookies in it! What a classic!

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  112. I'd like to try the raspberry thins.

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  114. I follow on GFC as theolotto #2.

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  115. I love Butter Digestive Cookies. Thanks!

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  118. Brandy Butter sounds like a wonderful recipe.

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  119. Chocolate Chip Shortbread sounds great

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  120. I'd like to try the Baked Ginger Apples recipe
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  121. id love to try the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies

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  123. The Chocolate Half-Covered Shortbread Rings look wonderful.

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  124. id love to try the Carrot Halwa Cheesecake recipe :)

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  125. I would like the peter pan tin.

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  129. I would like to try the baked ginger apples from their recipies.

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  130. I'd like the chocolate chip shortbread.

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  131. Their "Keepsake Tin" would make a great gift!

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  134. Love the quadruple chocolate cookies!

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  135. ahh take me back to my England days...sigh...Chocolate Chip Shortbread

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  136. The Blueberry Crumble sounds good.

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  137. White Chocolate & Raspberry Cookies 60 Two Packs

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  138. I'd love to try the White Chocolate & Raspberry cookies. Sounds yummy!

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  139. I like the quadruple chocolate cookies.

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  140. I follow you with GFC~Deb K

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  141. I'd also like to make the Baked Ginger Apples!

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  142. The Quadruple Chocolate Cookies look good.
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  143. I follow on GFC.
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  149. Carrot Halwa Cheesecake recipe looks good.
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  150. I would love to try the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies.

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  151. I'd like the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies. garrettsambo@aol.com

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