Gluten-free shortbread
Samuel Goldsmith · bbcgoodfood.com · 2025 · Makes 10-12
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More starch than 95% of recipes and no salt, unlike 63%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More starch than 95% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (5)
- 45g cornflour45 g
- 155g gluten-free plain flour plus extra for dusting155 g
- ¼ tsp xanthan gum≈ 1.2 g
- 75g golden caster sugar75 g
- 125g cold unsalted butter cut into cubes125 g
flour 155 gbatter 401 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.
- Butter81% · 50th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar48% · 71st percentile · median 40%
- Starch29% · 95th percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 18 to 22 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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