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Simple, Classic Shortbread

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2021 · 18 pieces

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 95% of recipes and more sugar than 76%.

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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 95% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 5 times as much.
  • More sugar than 76% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 89%, 62nd percentileSugar: 52%, 76th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 2%, 96th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, room temperature227 g
  • 1 teaspoon (5 g) kosher salt5 g
  • 2/3 cup (134 g) granulated sugar134 g
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla, optional≈ 6 g
  • 2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour256 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • sparkling sugar, superfine sugar, or granulated sugar, for sprinkling, optionaln/a

flour 256 gbatter 628 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.

  • Butter89% · 62nd percentile
  • Sugar52% · 76th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt2% · 96th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 18 minutes

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