Irish Shortbread Christmas Tree Cookies
Gemma Stafford · biggerbolderbaking.com · 2014 · 20
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Close to the middle of 433 shortbread recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 74% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 46% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 1/2 cups (12oz, 345g) butter, at room temperature345 g
- 1 cup (7.5oz, 216g) sugar, plus extra for sprinkling216 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3 1/2 cups (1lb 1/2oz, 469g) all-purpose flour469 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup (41/2oz, 127g) confectioners sugar (icing sugar)127 g
- watern/a
- green and yellow food dyen/a
- Red edible pearl decorationsn/a
flour 469 gbatter 1036 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.
- Butter74% · 33rd percentile · median 81%
- Sugar46% · 65th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.3% · 46th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 350°F
- Time
- 18 to 20 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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