WHERE IT BEGAN
When Tracy moved to Burley Rails Cottage in 2011, 200 years after the cottage was built she did not realise what a success working from home would be. Having made shortbread for family and friends for many years Tracy combined her love of the New Forest with her love of baking and produced delicious shortbread packed in beautifully illustrated boxes.
Purchase our wonderful Shortbreads through our online shop.
WHY NEW FOREST SHORTBREAD
Traditional shortbread is a favorite snack around the world and is the perfect treat. The homemade taste is so fundamental to New Forest shortbread, making sure every single one is as delicious as the next.
Take a look at the local stores where our Shortbread is available.
We have just eaten your mums shortbread Harriet … handsdown the best and tastiest shortbread we’ve ever had…
Genuinely the best shortbread I have ever tasted - they so much flavour!
Excellent as a gift, the parents and girlfriend loved them.
Ancient oaks may be 400 to 800 years old. The New Forest became a source of timber for the wooden ships of the Royal Navy and inclosures were created in the 18th century for this purpose. These inclosures encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but after some troubled times,...
The New Forest is home to a rich variety of fungi with over 2700 species found across its varied landscape. Arguably the most recognised species is the Fly Agaric with its rich red cap covered in white spots. Fungi are important organisms and are different to both plants and animals,...
Pannage is the practice of releasing domestic pigs onto the Forest and goes back to the time of William the Conqueror, who established the New Forest circa 1079. The pigs are released onto the Forest in September for 60 days to eat fallen acorns which are poisonous to the commoners’...
