Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookie Recipe
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2019 · 24 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Close to the middle of 433 shortbread recipes on every ingredient.
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: 0.8% 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%.
Ingredients (10)
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (very soft)≈ 142 g
- ½ cup powdered sugar ((57g))57 g
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar (packed (30g))30 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)≈ 4.2 g
- ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ((192g))192 g
- 4 ounces coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate ((or 2/3 cup chocolate chips chopped))113 g
- 1 large egg yolk (lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water (for coating the dough log))≈ 18 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ¼ cup turbinado or other coarse sugar for rolling≈ 55 g
- Fine flake sea salt for garnish (optional)n/a
flour 192 gbatter 558 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% · 34th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar45% · 63rd percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.8% · 70th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 16 to 20 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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