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Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2017 · 32

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less butter than 99% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 99% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%, about half as much.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 35% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 44%, 0th percentileSugar: 35%, 36th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.6%, 61st percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1/2 cup (120) butter≈ 114 g
  • 2/3 cup (90g) confectioners’ sugar90 g
  • 2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour260 g
  • 1/4 tsp. salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 tsp. dried lavender≈ 10 g
  • 1/2 tsp. zest of organic orange≈ 1 g
  • 1-2 tbsp. cold water≈ 22 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/4 cup (50g) cane sugar50 g
  • purple food colorn/a

flour 260 gbatter 498 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.

  • Butter44% · 0th percentile
  • Sugar35% · 36th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 61st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
10 to 11 minutes
median 18 minutes

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