Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies
Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2014 · 24 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More sugar than 80% of recipes and no salt, unlike 63%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 80% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
- Less butter than 76% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Ingredients (8)
- 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp; 170g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature170 g
- 2/3 cup (134g) granulated sugar134 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1 Tablespoon (15ml) maraschino cherry juice≈ 15 g
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)250 g
- 16 maraschino cherries (drained and chopped)n/a
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- optional: 4 ounces white chocolate113 g
flour 250 gbatter 575 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.
- Butter68% · 23rd percentile · median 81%
- Sugar54% · 81st percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 11 to 12 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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