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Easy Shortbread Cookies

leitesculinaria.com · 2021 · 12 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More starch than 94% 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 starch than 94% of recipes: 24% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 81%, 54th percentileSugar: 36%, 41st percentileStarch: 24%, 95th percentileSalt: 0.2%, 42nd percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for dusting)≈ 208 g
  • 7 tablespoons cornstarch (1/3 cup (50 g) semolina, or 1/3 cup (50 g) rice flour, or a combination)50 g
  • 6 tablespoons superfine sugar (or blitz granulated sugar in a food processor until finely ground) (plus extra for sprinkling)≈ 75 g
  • Pinch of sea salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 1/2 sticks (6 oz) butter (at room temperature but not soft)≈ 170 g

flour 208 gbatter 503 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
  • Sugar36% · 41st percentile
  • Starch24% · 95th percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 42nd percentile

Oven

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

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