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Coffee Shortbreads

Nigella · nigella.com · Makes: 14

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
  • No starch, like 83% of recipes.
Butter: 83%, 56th percentileSugar: 40%, 52nd percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1%, 76th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 60 grams golden (or regular) caster sugar60 g
  • 125 grams soft unsalted butter125 g
  • 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder≈ 4.8 g
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 150 grams plain flour150 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda≈ 1.5 g
  • approx. 14 walnut halvesn/a

flour 150 gbatter 345 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.

  • Butter83% · 56th percentile
  • Sugar40% · 52nd percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1% · 76th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
not stated
median 18 minutes

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