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La · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 4 personnes

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More sugar than 87% of recipes and more salt than 78%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 87% of recipes: 63% 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.
Butter: 74%, 34th percentileSugar: 63%, 88th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.1%, 81st percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 200 g beurre mou mais pas fondu200 g
  • 170 g sucre en poudre170 g
  • 270 g farine270 g
  • 1/2 c à c sel≈ 3 g
  • 2 c à s eau ou de lait≈ 31 g
  • parfum au choix sésame fleur oranger zeste citron noisettes vanille etcn/a

flour 270 gbatter 674 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.

  • Butter74% · 34th percentile
  • Sugar63% · 88th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 81st percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
10 minutes
median 18 minutes

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