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Candied Ginger Shortbread

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 2 dozen shortbread wedges

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 96% of recipes and more sugar than 77%.

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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 96% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 5.5 times as much.
  • More sugar than 77% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 81%, 54th percentileSugar: 53%, 77th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 2.1%, 97th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 16 tablespoons (227g) unsalted butter, softened227 g
  • 3/4 cup (149g) granulated sugar149 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract, optional≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 1/3 cups (280g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour, divided280 g
  • 2/3 cup (123g) crystallized ginger123 g

flour 280 gbatter 789 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.

  • Butter81% · 54th percentile
  • Sugar53% · 77th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt2.1% · 97th percentile

Oven

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

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