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Classic Shortbread Cookies

Olivia Mesquita · oliviascuisine.com · 2019

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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%.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 74% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 74%, 33rd percentileSugar: 36%, 39th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1%, 76th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 2 sticks (226g good quality butter, softened)226 g
  • 3/4 cup 110g confectioners' sugar110 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 2 cups 307g all-purpose flour307 g

flour 307 gbatter 650 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.

  • Butter74% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar36% · 39th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1% · 76th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 minutes
median 18 minutes

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