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Grapefruit Shortbread

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2017 · 16

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 97% of recipes and more butter than 83%.

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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 97% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 5.5 times as much.
  • More butter than 83% of recipes: 92% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 92%, 84th percentileSugar: 35%, 36th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 2.3%, 98th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1/2 cup (120g) butter, at room temperature120 g
  • 1/3 cup (45g) confectioners’ sugar45 g
  • 1 tbsp. grapefruit zest≈ 6 g
  • 1 tsp. vanilla paste≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup (130g) all-purpose flour130 g
  • 1/2 tsp. salt≈ 3 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 3.5 oz. (100g) confectioners’ sugar100 g
  • 2-3 tbsp. grapefruit juice≈ 37 g
  • pink saltn/a
  • red/pink peppercorns, crackedn/a
  • dried edible flowersn/a

flour 130 gbatter 308 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.

  • Butter92% · 84th percentile
  • Sugar35% · 36th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt2.3% · 98th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
15 to 18 minutes
median 18 minutes

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