White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2012 · 36 Cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
No salt, unlike 63% of recipes and less sugar than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (8)
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries (drained and finely chopped (juice reserved))≈ 119 g
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
- 1 cup salted butter≈ 227 g
- 4 ounces white baking chocolate (finely chopped (about 2/3 cup))113 g
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract≈ 2.1 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- White candy coating or additional white baking chocolate for dippingn/a
- Sprinkles for decorating (optional)n/a
flour 313 gbatter 874 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.
- Butter73% · 30th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar32% · 21st percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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