Pistachio Shortbread Cookie
leitesculinaria.com · 2017 · 20 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More salt than 91% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 4 times as much.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 90% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Ingredients (7)
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (plus more for the work surface)≈ 125 g
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1/2 cup shelled raw or roasted pistachios≈ 60 g
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1 stick unsalted butter (cold, cut into 1/4-inch (6-mm) pieces)≈ 113 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 to 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, sanding sugar, or raw sugar (for garnish)≈ 19 g
flour 125 gbatter 352 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.
- Butter90% · 66th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar40% · 52nd percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.6% · 92nd percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 15 to 18 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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