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Cranberry Pecan Shortbread Cookies

houseofnasheats.com · 2025 · 36 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 78% 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 78% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3 times as much.
  • No starch, like 83% of recipes.
Butter: 84%, 57th percentileSugar: 39%, 48th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.1%, 81st percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 cup (227g) salted butter227 g
  • ½ cup (50g) powdered sugar50 g
  • ¼ cup (55g) light brown sugar55 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • Zest of 1 orangen/a
  • 2 ¼ cups (270g) all-purpose flour270 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • ⅓ cup dried cranberries, (chopped)≈ 50 g
  • ⅓ cup pecans, (chopped)≈ 37 g

flour 270 gbatter 696 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.

  • Butter84% · 57th percentile
  • Sugar39% · 48th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 81st percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
10 to 12 minutes
median 18 minutes

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