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Shortbread Cookies

onceuponachef.com · 2024 · 16 to 20 wedges

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More salt than 83% 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 83% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3 times as much.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 91%, 75th percentileSugar: 48%, 69th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.2%, 86th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 227 g
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar≈ 120 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract≈ 1.1 g
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off)≈ 250 g

flour 250 gbatter 610 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.

  • Butter91% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar48% · 69th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 86th percentile

Oven

Temperature
300°F / 150°C
median 350°F
Time
35 minutes
median 18 minutes

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