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Gluten-Free Shortbread

King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · 24

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More butter than 84% 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 butter than 84% of recipes: 95% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 95%, 85th percentileSugar: 47%, 67th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 16 tablespoons (227g) salted butter, at cool room temperature*227 g
  • 1 cup (113g) confectioners' sugar113 g
  • 2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon [product-link]almond extract[/product-link], optional, or the flavor of your choice; eggnog flavor makes a delicious holiday shortbread≈ 1.1 g
  • 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour240 g

flour 240 gbatter 590 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.

  • Butter95% · 85th percentile
  • Sugar47% · 67th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
300°F / 150°C
median 350°F
Time
50 to 55 minutes
median 18 minutes

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