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Original Scottish Shortbread

Original in German

Julia-K · gutekueche.at · 2014 · 10 Portionen

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less butter than 97% of recipes and less sugar than 89%.

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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 97% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • Less sugar than 89% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 54%, 3rd percentileSugar: 27%, 10th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 260 g Butter260 g
  • 70 g Kristallzucker70 g
  • 480 g Mehl480 g
  • 1 TL Orangenöl≈ 4.9 g
  • 60 g Staubzucker60 g
  • 3 Pk Vanillezucker24 g

flour 480 gbatter 899 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.

  • Butter54% · 3rd percentile
  • Sugar27% · 10th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

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

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