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Chocolate Shortbread Cookie Recipe

baking-sense.com · 2022 · 24 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More butter than 93% of recipes and more sugar than 90%.

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How it compares

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

  • More butter than 93% of recipes: 107% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • More sugar than 90% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 107%, 94th percentileSugar: 67%, 91st percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.7%, 65th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 8 oz unsalted butter (1 cup, at cool room temp)227 g
  • 5 oz granulated sugar (plus more for topping)142 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 oz dutch process cocoa powder (1/2 cup)57 g
  • 7 ½ oz all purpose flour (1 ½ cups, see note)213 g

flour 213 gbatter 639 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.

  • Butter107% · 94th percentile
  • Sugar67% · 91st percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.7% · 65th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 minutes
median 18 minutes

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