Chocolate Shortbread Fingers
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2012 · 16 -20 shortbread fingers
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More butter than 91% of recipes and more sugar than 87%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 91% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- More sugar than 87% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour≈ 328 g
- 4 1/2 tablespoons dutch-process or regular unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 24 g
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1 1/2 cups salted butter (softened)≈ 341 g
- 1 cup superfine sugar (see note)≈ 200 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Granulated sugar (for sprinkling)n/a
flour 328 gbatter 899 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.
- Butter104% · 92nd percentile · median 81%
- Sugar61% · 87th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.9% · 73rd percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 18 to 22 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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