Shortbread
Lulu Grimes · bbcgoodfood.com · 2024 · Makes 20 biscuits
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Less butter than 77% 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.
- Less butter than 77% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (3)
- 150g/5oz plain flour plus extra for dusting150 g
- 100g/4oz butter chilled and cubed100 g
- 50g/2oz caster sugar plus 1 tbsp for sprinkling50 g
flour 150 gbatter 300 g
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 433 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Butter67% · 18th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar33% · 28th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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