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Cream Cheese Shortbread with Toasted Walnuts

countryliving.com · 2011 · 36

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 98% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 6 times as much.
  • More sugar than 84% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • Less butter than 76% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 68%, 23rd percentileSugar: 60%, 86th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 2.4%, 99th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 2 c. all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 tsp. salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 c. walnuts≈ 120 g
  • 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter≈ 170 g
  • 4 oz. cream cheese113 g
  • 3/4 c. sugar≈ 150 g
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

flour 250 gbatter 813 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% · 23rd percentile
  • Sugar60% · 86th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 99th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
14 to 16 minutes
median 18 minutes

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