Basic Shortbread Cookies
Baker Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 14
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Close to the middle of 433 shortbread recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 88% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Ingredients (5)
- 226 grams (1 cup, 2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature226 g
- 100 grams (½ cup) granulated sugar100 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, *optional≈ 4.2 g
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 256 grams (2 cups + 2 tablespoons) all-purpose flour256 g
flour 256 gbatter 588 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.
- Butter88% · 61st percentile · median 81%
- Sugar39% · 49th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.8% · 70th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 12 to 16 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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