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Cranberry Orange Shortbread Recipe

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2020 · 16 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less sugar than 98% of recipes and no salt, unlike 63%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 98% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 79%, 42nd percentileSugar: 20%, 2nd percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 cup (8oz/225g) butter (at room temperature)225 g
  • ½ cup (2oz/57g) confectioner’s sugar (sifted)57 g
  • Zest of one orangen/a
  • Zest of one lemonn/a
  • 2 cups (10oz/284g) all-purpose flour284 g
  • ½ cup (2½oz/71g) dried cranberries71 g

flour 284 gbatter 637 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.

  • Butter79% · 42nd percentile
  • Sugar20% · 2nd percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
300°F / 150°C
median 350°F
Time
30 to 40 minutes
median 18 minutes

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