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Shortbread Cookies

fifteenspatulas.com · 2023 · 24 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More sugar than 96% 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.

  • More sugar than 96% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 91%, 75th percentileSugar: 80%, 97th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1 cup salted butter (at room temperature (8 ounces)*)≈ 227 g
  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar ((4 ounces by weight))≈ 200 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 cups all purpose flour ((10 ounces by weight))≈ 250 g
  • 1 tbsp milk**≈ 15 g

flour 250 gbatter 697 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.

  • Butter91% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar80% · 97th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
15 minutes
median 18 minutes

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