Toffee Shortbread Cookies
chelseasmessyapron.com · 2018 · 40 shortbread cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More salt than 91% of recipes and more sugar than 81%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 4 times as much.
- More sugar than 81% of recipes: 55% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More starch than 83% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (cold, cut into small cubes)≈ 227 g
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed)≈ 55 g
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract (optional)≈ 0.5 g
- 3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch≈ 2.7 g
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 281 g
- 1 cup milk chocolate toffee bits (or 5 to 6 chopped Heath Toffee bars)≈ 170 g
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)≈ 50 g
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips (or semi-sweet or dark chocolate, whichever you prefer)≈ 170 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/2 cup cane sugar (for rolling cookies in)≈ 100 g
flour 281 gbatter 1067 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.
- Butter81% · 51st percentile · median 81%
- Sugar55% · 82nd percentile · median 40%
- Starch1% · 83rd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.6% · 92nd percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 11 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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