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ceylon earl grey shortbread

Original in Dutch

delicious. · deliciousmagazine.nl · 1970 · 24 stuks

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less butter than 77% of recipes and no salt, unlike 63%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 77% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 67%, 18th percentileSugar: 33%, 28th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 120 g boter (kamertempertuur)120 g
  • 60 g suiker60 g
  • 180 g bloem (gezeefd)180 g
  • 2 el Earl Grey thee* (Fairtrade, uit een theezakje)≈ 30 g

flour 180 gbatter 390 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.

  • Butter67% · 18th percentile
  • Sugar33% · 28th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
300°F / 150°C
median 350°F
Time
15 to 20 minutes
median 18 minutes

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