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Apr 18, 2025

Artisan Shortbread Cookies: Why Handcrafted Always Tastes Better

If youโ€™re searching for the perfect artisan shortbread cookies, you're not alone. More and more cookie lovers are moving away from mass-produced treats in favour of handcrafted, small-batch shortbread โ€” and for good reason. In this post, weโ€™ll explore what...

Apr 16, 2025

No Additive Butter Cookies: The Clean, Honest Treat Youโ€™ve Wanted

In todayโ€™s snack world filled with artificial flavors and long ingredient lists, finding a cookie thatโ€™s truly clean is rare. Thatโ€™s exactly what makes Lowreyโ€™s no additive butter cookies so special. Whether youโ€™re gifting, sharing, or simply treating yourself โ€”...

Apr 15, 2025

New Zealand Must-Buy List | Top 10 Popular Local Products

๐Ÿฅ‡ 1. Lowrey ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ้ป„ๆฒนๆ›ฒๅฅ‡๏ผˆๆ‰‹ๅทฅๅˆถ้€ ๏ผ‰ 1. Lowrey New Zealand Butter Cookies (Handcrafted) Lowrey ๆ˜ฏๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐๆœฌๅœŸๅ“็‰Œ๏ผŒ้‡‡็”จ 42% ๅ‘้…ต้ป„ๆฒนใ€ๅฐๆ‰น้‡็บฏๆ‰‹ๅทฅๅˆถไฝœ๏ผŒไธๅซ้ฆ™็ฒพใ€้˜ฒ่…ๅ‰‚ๆˆ–ๆฃ•ๆฆˆๆฒน๏ผŒๅ…ฅๅฃๅณๅŒ–๏ผŒ็”œ่€Œไธ่…ปใ€‚้€็คผๆˆ–่‡ชๅƒ้ƒฝ่ถ…ๅˆ้€‚ใ€‚ Lowrey is a New Zealand brand known for its buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies made with 42% cultured butter. Handmade in small batches, free from preservatives and...

Apr 14, 2025

๐ŸŽ Luxury Shortbread Gifts: The Secret to Gifting Success This Year

Looking for a gift that feels personal, looks luxurious, and actually tastes amazing? Youโ€™re not alone. Every year, thousands of people search for luxury shortbread gifts that say more than just โ€œI remembered.โ€ And if you're here, you already know...

Apr 14, 2025

Building the Story of Lowrey, NZโ€™s Premium Butter Cookies Brand

When people think of a New Zealand butter cookies brand, they might picture mass-produced tins from the supermarket. But hidden among the rolling pastures of New Zealand is a handcrafted, high-end brand thatโ€™s quietly making waves around the world โ€”...

Apr 11, 2025

Best Butter Cookies for Corporate Gifts: A Delicious First Impression

Looking for the best butter cookies for corporate gifts? Whether you're thanking a client, welcoming a new partner, or sending holiday cheer to your team, a thoughtful edible gift can leave a lasting impression. At Lowrey Foods, we offer handcrafted...

Apr 07, 2025

Where to Buy Lowrey Butter Cookies in Auckland

There are three main ways to buy Lowrey Butter Cookies in Auckland: order online from the official Lowrey Foods website for delivery within Auckland, check selected retailers in Auckland city, or look for available products through Auckland Airport duty-free shopping...

Apr 06, 2025

The Secret Behind Lowreyโ€™s 100-Year-Old Shortbread Recipe

ย  Thereโ€™s a reason why shortbread has stood the test of time. At Lowrey, weโ€™ve kept a 100-year-old Scottish recipe alive, combining tradition, purity, and indulgence in every bite. Our authentic Scottish shortbread isn't just a cookie โ€” itโ€™s a...

Apr 05, 2025

Why Lowrey Butter Cookies + 3D Card Are the Best Motherโ€™s Day Gift

Motherโ€™s Day is coming up fast. Still thinking about the perfect gift? Hereโ€™s one thatโ€™s simple, meaningful, and guaranteed to make her smile: Lowrey Butter Cookiesโ€”now available with our stunning 3D Motherโ€™s Day pop-up card. Thoughtful? โœ… Delicious? โœ… Ready...

Mar 30, 2025

Motherโ€™s Day Butter Cookie Gifts: How to Choose the Right Tin

A good Motherโ€™s Day butter cookie gift should suit the recipientโ€™s taste, feel ready to present and arrive with enough time to spare. For one person, a single gift-ready tin is usually enough. For a family or shared celebration, several...

Mar 30, 2025

What Does Corn Starch Do in Cookies? A Guide to Melt-in-the-Mouth Texture

Corn starch can help cookies develop a softer, finer and more delicate crumb. It does this mainly by reducing the proportion of gluten-forming wheat flour in the dough. However, it does not work alone. The final texture still depends on...

Jan 31, 2025

Spring Festival Delights: The Perfect Gift with Lowrey Butter Cookies

The Spring Festival is all about family, tradition, and delicious food. Every home is filled with red decorations, joyful reunions, and an endless spread of festive treats. But if you want to impress this year, skip the usual snacks and...

Jan 01, 2025

Celebrate the New Year with Lowrey Butter Cookies

ย  Itโ€™s finally hereโ€”2025! A brand-new year full of fresh starts, exciting opportunities, and plenty of moments to celebrate. And what better way to kick off the New Year than with the timeless joy of buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies? Whether you're...

Dec 23, 2024

What Are Butter Cookies Made Of? Ingredients and Variations

Butter cookies are generally made with butter, flour and sugar. Depending on the recipe, they may also contain corn starch, eggs, salt, vanilla, milk, cocoa, coffee, tea powder, fruit powder, nuts or seeds. There is no single formula used for...

Dec 20, 2024

3 Classic New Zealand Biscuit Recipes to Bake at Home

Three classic New Zealand biscuits you can bake at home are Afghan biscuits, Anzac biscuits and gingernuts. Afghans combine cocoa and cornflakes with chocolate icing, Anzac biscuits are made with oats, coconut and golden syrup, while gingernuts are crisp biscuits...

Dec 18, 2024

ๆŽข็ดขๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐๅๅคง็พŽ้ฃŸ๏ผšไปŽLowreyๆ›ฒๅฅ‡ๅˆฐ้พ™่™พ็››ๅฎด

ย  ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐไปฅๅ…ถ็‹ฌ็‰น่€Œ็พŽๅ‘ณ็š„็พŽ้ฃŸ่€Œ้—ปๅใ€‚ไปŽๆ–ฐ้ฒœ็š„ๆตท้ฒœๅˆฐไผ ็ปŸ็š„็”œ็‚น๏ผŒ่ฟ™้‡Œๆœ‰่ฎธๅคšๅ€ผๅพ—ไธ€่ฏ•็š„ไฝณ่‚ดใ€‚ไปฅไธ‹ๆ˜ฏไน็งๆœ€ๅ…ทไปฃ่กจๆ€ง็š„ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็พŽ้ฃŸ๏ผŒๅ†ๅŠ ไธŠLowreyๆ›ฒๅฅ‡๏ผŒๅ…ฑๅŒๆž„ๆˆไบ†ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„็พŽ้ฃŸ็››ๅฎดใ€‚ 1. ้พ™่™พๅ’Œๆตท้ฒœ ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐๆ‹ฅๆœ‰่ถ…่ฟ‡14,000ๅ…ฌ้‡Œ็š„ๆตทๅฒธ็บฟ๏ผŒ็››ไบงๅ„็งๆ–ฐ้ฒœ็š„ๆตท้ฒœใ€‚ๅ‡ฏๅบ“ๆ‹‰๏ผˆKaikลura๏ผ‰ไปฅๅ…ถไผ˜่ดจ็š„้พ™่™พ่€Œ้—ปๅ๏ผŒๆฒฟๆตท็š„ๆตท้ฒœ้ค่ฝฆ๏ผŒๅฆ‚1977ๅนดๅผ€ไธš็š„Ninโ€™s Bin๏ผŒๆไพ›็พŽๅ‘ณ็š„้พ™่™พใ€‚้ฉฌๅฐ”ๅ ก๏ผˆMarlborough๏ผ‰็š„็ปฟๅ”‡่ดป่ดๅ’Œๅบ“ๅ…‹ๅฑฑ็š„ๅธ็Ž‹ไธ‰ๆ–‡้ฑผไนŸๆ˜ฏไธๅฎน้”™่ฟ‡็š„็พŽๅ‘ณใ€‚ 2. ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็พŠ่‚‰ ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„็พŠ่‚‰ไปฅๅ…ถ้ฒœๅซฉๅคšๆฑ่€Œ่‘—็งฐ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏๅ…จ็ƒๅ…ฌ่ฎค็š„้กถ็บง่‚‰็ฑปใ€‚็ƒค็พŠ่‚‰ไฝไปฅ่ฟท่ฟญ้ฆ™๏ผŒๅ†ๆญ้…็ƒคๅˆถ็š„ๆ—ถไปค่”ฌ่œ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ้คๆกŒไธŠ็š„็ปๅ…ธ็พŽๅ‘ณใ€‚ ย  3. ๆฏ›ๅˆฉไผ ็ปŸๆญๅ‰ๅคง้ค ๆญๅ‰ๆ˜ฏๆฏ›ๅˆฉไบบ็š„ไผ ็ปŸ็ƒน้ฅชๆ–นๅผ๏ผŒๅฐ†้ฃŸ็‰ฉๆ”พๅ…ฅๅœฐไธ‹ๅœŸ็ช‘ไธญ็ƒนๅˆถใ€‚ๆญๅ‰ๅคง้ค้€šๅธธๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌ้ธก่‚‰ใ€็Œช่‚‰ใ€็พŠ่‚‰ใ€ๅ—็“œใ€ๅœŸ่ฑ†ๅ’Œ็บข่–ฏใ€‚ๅœจ็ฝ—ๆ‰˜้ฒ็“ฆ๏ผˆRotorua๏ผ‰๏ผŒๆ‚จๅฏไปฅไฝ“้ชŒ่ฟ™็ง็‹ฌ็‰น็š„ๆ–‡ๅŒ–็››ๅฎดใ€‚ ย  4. ็‚ธ้ฑผ่–ฏๆก ๅœจๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„ๆตทๆปฉไธŠไบซ็”จ็‚ธ้ฑผ่–ฏๆกๆ˜ฏๅฝ“ๅœฐไบบ็š„ๅคๆ—ฅไผ ็ปŸใ€‚ๆ–ฐ้ฒœ็š„้ฑผ่‚‰่ฃนไธŠ้ข็ณŠ็‚ธ่‡ณ้…ฅ่„†๏ผŒๆญ้…ไธ€ๅคงไปฝ่–ฏๆก๏ผŒๆ˜ฏไธๅฏ้”™่ฟ‡็š„็พŽๅ‘ณไฝ“้ชŒใ€‚ 5. ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ่‘ก่„้…’ๅ’Œ้ฅฎๅ“ ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐไปฅๅ…ถไผ˜่ดจ็š„่‘ก่„้…’่€Œ้—ปๅ๏ผŒ็‰นๅˆซๆ˜ฏ้•ฟ็›ธๆ€๏ผˆSauvignon Blanc๏ผ‰ๅ’Œ้ป‘็šฎ่ฏบ๏ผˆPinot Noir๏ผ‰ใ€‚ๆญคๅค–๏ผŒๆœฌๅœฐ็š„ๆ‰‹ๅทฅ็ฒพ้…ฟๅ•ค้…’ๅ’Œ็‹ฌ็‰น็š„L&P๏ผˆLemon & Paeroa๏ผ‰่ฝฏ้ฅฎไนŸๆ˜ฏๅ€ผๅพ—ไธ€่ฏ•็š„้ฅฎๅ“ใ€‚ ย  6. ๅคๆ—ฅ็ƒง็ƒค ๅœจๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ๏ผŒ็ƒง็ƒค๏ผˆBBQ๏ผ‰ๆ˜ฏๅคๅญฃ็š„้‡่ฆๆดปๅŠจใ€‚ไบบไปฌๅœจๆˆทๅค–็ƒคๅˆถ็พŠ่‚‰ใ€็‰›่‚‰ใ€้ฆ™่‚ ็ญ‰๏ผŒๅ†ๆญ้…ๅœŸ่ฑ†ๆฒ™ๆ‹‰ใ€่’œ่“‰้ขๅŒ…ๅ’Œๆ–ฐ้ฒœ่”ฌ่œๆฒ™ๆ‹‰๏ผŒไธŽๅฎถไบบๆœ‹ๅ‹ๅ…ฑไบซ็พŽ้ฃŸใ€‚ ย  7. ๅธ•่Š™ๆด›ๅจƒๅฅถๆฒน่›‹็™ฝ้ฅผ ๅธ•่Š™ๆด›ๅจƒ๏ผˆPavlova๏ผ‰ๆ˜ฏๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„็ปๅ…ธ็”œ็‚นใ€‚่ฟ™ๆฌพ่›‹็™ฝ้…ฅ้ฅผไธŠ่ฆ†็›–็€้ฒœๅฅถๆฒนๅ’Œๆ–ฐ้ฒœๆฐดๆžœ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏ่Š‚ๆ—ฅ้คๆกŒไธŠ็š„ๅธธๅฎขใ€‚ 8. ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ้ฆ…้ฅผ ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„้ฆ…้ฅผ็ง็ฑป็นๅคš๏ผŒไปŽไผ ็ปŸ็š„่‚‰้ฆ…ๅˆฐๅˆ›ๆ–ฐ็š„ๅฃๅ‘ณ๏ผŒๅฆ‚ๆญๅ‰้ฆ…้ฅผๅ’Œๅฅถๆฒน้ฒ้ฑผ้ฆ…้ฅผ๏ผŒ้ƒฝๆทฑๅ—ๅฝ“ๅœฐไบบๅ–œ็ˆฑใ€‚ 9. ๆ‰‹ๅทฅๅฅถ้…ช ๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„ๆ‰‹ๅทฅๅฅถ้…ชไปฅๅ…ถ้ซ˜ๅ“่ดจๅ’ŒไธฐๅฏŒ็š„้ฃŽๅ‘ณ่€Œ่‘—็งฐใ€‚ๅœจๅ„ๅœฐ็š„ๅฅถ้…ชๅทฅๅŽ‚๏ผŒๆ‚จๅฏไปฅๅ“ๅฐๅˆฐๅคš็งๅคšๆ ท็š„ๅฅถ้…ชไบงๅ“๏ผŒไฝ“้ชŒๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐ็š„ไนณๅˆถๅ“ๆ–‡ๅŒ–ใ€‚ ย  10....

Dec 11, 2024

Holiday Baking with Kids: A Simple Christmas Activity Guide

Holiday baking with kids works best when the activity is simple, the tasks match each childโ€™s age, and an adult remains responsible for the oven, hot trays and food safety. Choose one manageable recipe, prepare the ingredients in advance and...

Dec 10, 2024

The Chocolatey Truth: Why Lowrey Chocolate Butter Cookies Delight

Letโ€™s talk chocolate biscuits. Walk down any supermarket aisle, and youโ€™ll see shelves bursting with options.Most are packed with sugar, additives, and barely any nutritional value.But letโ€™s be realโ€”sometimes, carrot sticks just wonโ€™t cut it. Enter Lowrey Chocolate Butter Cookies.Made...

Dec 09, 2024

Creative Gift Ideas for Cookie Lovers: Make Their Holidays Sweet

Stuck on Christmas gift ideas? Weโ€™ve all been there. You want something thoughtful but not over-the-top. Edible yet elegant. And most importantly, universally loved. Enter Lowrey Butter Cookies. Theyโ€™re more than just cookies. Theyโ€™re buttery bites of joy, perfect for...

Dec 05, 2024

The Ultimate Christmas Cookie Guide with Lowrey Butter Cookies

Whatโ€™s Christmas without cookies? Whether itโ€™s the smell of freshly baked gingerbread or the buttery crunch of a classic cookie, Christmas cookies are the essence of the holiday season. But how do you create cookies that stand out? Letโ€™s explore...