Decorated Shortbread Cookies with Royal Icing
Baker Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2021 · 24
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.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 79% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Ingredients (11)
- 220 grams (2 sticks, 1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature220 g
- 100 grams (1/2 cup) granulated sugar100 g
- 1/4 tsp salt≈ 1.5 g
- 280 grams (2 1/3 cup) all-purpose flour280 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 90 grams pasteurized egg whites, room temperature (from about 3 large eggs)*90 g
- 540 grams (4 1/2 cups) powdered sugar540 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste≈ 4.2 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract≈ 2.1 g
- Gel food coloring, if using (do not use liquid food coloring)n/a
- Holiday sprinkles or candies, if usingn/a
flour 280 gbatter 602 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.
- Butter79% · 41st percentile · median 81%
- Sugar36% · 38th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.5% · 55th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 12 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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