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Whole Wheat Shortbread

12tomatoes.com · Makes 16 pieces

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 96% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 5.5 times as much.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 90%, 66th percentileSugar: 50%, 74th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 2.1%, 97th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 1 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
  • 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour≈ 94 g
  • 1/4 cup wheat bran≈ 59 g
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 ¾ sticks (14 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened≈ 198 g
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar≈ 110 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1-2 teaspoons granulated sugar for sprinkling on top≈ 6 g

flour 219 gbatter 590 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 433 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter90% · 66th percentile
  • Sugar50% · 74th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt2.1% · 97th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
30 minutes
median 18 minutes

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