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Discard Sourdough Shortbread Cookies

farmhouseonboone.com · 2023 · 24 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 89% of recipes.

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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 89% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 69%, 25th percentileSugar: 41%, 56th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.4%, 90th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 3 sticks unsalted butter (softened (339 grams))339 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (200 grams)200 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/2 cup sourdough discard≈ 120 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt (7 grams)7 g
  • 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour (490 grams)490 g
  • 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (melted in a double broiler (Optional))227 g

flour 490 gbatter 1391 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.

  • Butter69% · 25th percentile
  • Sugar41% · 56th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 90th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
10 minutes
median 18 minutes

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