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Irish Shortbread Cookies

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2025

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less butter than 75% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 75% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 68%, 24th percentileSugar: 45%, 63rd percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.3%, 46th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1 ½ cups (12 oz/340 g) butter, at room temperature340 g
  • 1 cup (8 oz/225 g) granulated sugar, plus extra for sprinkling225 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3 ½ cups (1 lb 1 oz/497 g) all-purpose flour497 g
  • ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g

flour 497 gbatter 1068 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.

  • Butter68% · 24th percentile
  • Sugar45% · 63rd percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.3% · 46th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
18 to 20 minutes
median 18 minutes

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