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Scottish Shortbread

Original in French

Romain Ab · chefsimon.com · 2021

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less sugar than 92% of recipes and less butter than 89%.

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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 92% of recipes: 25% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • Less butter than 89% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 63%, 10th percentileSugar: 25%, 7th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 125 g de beurre non salé à température ambiante125 g
  • 200 g de farine à pâtisserie200 g
  • 50 g de sucre50 g
  • les zestes d'un citron jaune (ou d'orange)n/a

flour 200 gbatter 375 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.

  • Butter63% · 10th percentile
  • Sugar25% · 7th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

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

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