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Christmas Shortbread Cookies

brooklynfarmgirl.com · 2020 · 24

Against 433 shortbread recipes

No salt, unlike 63% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 91%, 75th percentileSugar: 40%, 52nd percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 cup salted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
  • 1/2 cup sugar≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 Tube of White Decorating Icingn/a
  • Red, Green, White Sprinklesn/a

flour 250 gbatter 581 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.

  • Butter91% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar40% · 52nd percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
12 to 13 minutes
median 18 minutes

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