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Brown Butter Shortbread

Lisa Kitahara · okonomikitchen.com · 2025 · 15 servings

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 91% 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 salt than 91% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 4 times as much.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 46% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 80%, 44th percentileSugar: 46%, 64th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.6%, 92nd percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 2 sticks (227 g) unsalted butter227 g
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) milk≈ 31 g
  • 2 1/4 cup (284 g) all-purpose flour284 g
  • 2/3 cup (80g) powdered sugar80 g
  • 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar50 g
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3/4 tsp salt≈ 4.5 g

flour 284 gbatter 680 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.

  • Butter80% · 44th percentile
  • Sugar46% · 64th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 92nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 45 minutes
median 18 minutes

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