Traditional Scottish Shortbread
daringgourmet.com · 2019 · 18 pieces
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Less sugar than 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Ingredients (7)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1 cup quality unsalted butter (, cubed and softened at room temperature (the better the butter, the better the shortbread))≈ 227 g
- 1/2 cup caster sugar≈ 100 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- Homemade Candied Ginger ((click link for recipe))n/a
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- Other options include nuts, fresh herbs, dried cranberries, etc.n/a
flour 313 gbatter 643 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.
- Butter73% · 30th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar32% · 21st percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1% · 76th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 35 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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