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Homemade Walker's Scottish Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Gemma Stafford · biggerbolderbaking.com · 2022 · 16 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More butter than 92% of recipes and less 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 92% of recipes: 106% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • Less sugar than 90% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 106%, 92nd percentileSugar: 27%, 9th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.7%, 65th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1½ cups (7½ oz/213 g) all-purpose flour213 g
  • 1 cup (3 oz/85 g) old-fashioned rolled oats85 g
  • ¼ cup (2 oz/57 g) granulated sugar57 g
  • ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1 cup (8 oz/225 g) butter, softened225 g

flour 213 gbatter 582 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.

  • Butter106% · 92nd percentile
  • Sugar27% · 9th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.7% · 65th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 18 minutes

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