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Pistachio Cardamom Shortbread Cookies

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

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less butter than 98% of recipes and more salt than 83%.

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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 98% of recipes: 46% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • More salt than 83% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3 times as much.
Butter: 46%, 1st percentileSugar: 39%, 47th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.2%, 86th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1/2 cup (120g) butter, at room temperature120 g
  • 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar*100 g
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract*≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 tbsp. milk≈ 31 g
  • 2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour*260 g
  • 1/2 tsp. salt≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom*≈ 0.7 g
  • 1/2 cup (60g) pistachios*, chopped finely60 g

flour 260 gbatter 579 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.

  • Butter46% · 1st percentile
  • Sugar39% · 47th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 86th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
12 to 14 minutes
median 18 minutes

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