Marbled Tahini Shortbread Cookies
Lyda Jones Burnette · countryliving.com · 2021 · 2 dz.
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Less butter than 91% of recipes and more sugar than 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less butter than 91% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- More sugar than 77% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More salt than 78% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3 times as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 3 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for work surface≈ 375 g
- 1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 227 g
- 1/2 c. tahini paste≈ 119 g
- 1 c. sugar≈ 200 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 22 g
- 3 tbsp. black sesame seeds≈ 44 g
flour 375 gbatter 1040 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.
- Butter61% · 7th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar53% · 79th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.1% · 81st percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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