Chocolate Shortbread Cookies with Walnuts
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2020 · 24 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More sugar than 98% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 98% of recipes: 88% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour ((158g))158 g
- ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ((27g))27 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- ¼ teaspoon espresso powder≈ 0.6 g
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, (room temperature (5oz or 140g))140 g
- ½ cup powdered sugar ((57g))57 g
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, (packed)≈ 28 g
- ¾ cup toasted walnuts, (rough chopped (3oz or 85g))85 g
- 1 large egg yolk, (lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water (for coating the cookie dough log))≈ 18 g
- ¼ cup turbinado, (or other coarse sugar for rolling)≈ 55 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Fine flake sea salt for garnish, (optional)n/a
flour 158 gbatter 574 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.
- Butter89% · 62nd percentile · median 81%
- Sugar88% · 98th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.9% · 73rd 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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