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Custard Shortbread Cookies

kirbiecravings.com · 2012 · 15 cookies (approximately)

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More butter than 98% 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 98% of recipes: 125% 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: 125%, 99th percentileSugar: 40%, 52nd percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 125 g unsalted butter (at room temperature)125 g
  • 40 g 1/4 cup powdered sugar, plus extra for dusting the baked cookies40 g
  • ½ tsp vanilla≈ 2.1 g
  • 40 g 1/3 cup custard powder40 g
  • 100 g 2/3 cup all-purpose flour100 g

flour 100 gbatter 307 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.

  • Butter125% · 99th percentile
  • Sugar40% · 52nd percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

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

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