Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2021 · 24 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Less butter than 88% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less butter than 88% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Ingredients (11)
- zest from 2 lemons, ( no white pith)n/a
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, ( softened (5oz))≈ 142 g
- ½ cup powdered sugar ((57g))57 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour ((226g))226 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup powdered sugar ((115g))115 g
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, (more or less for desired consistency)≈ 15 g
- 1 egg white, (lightly beaten)≈ 33 g
- ½ cup turbinado, ( or other coarse sugar for rolling)≈ 110 g
flour 226 gbatter 456 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.
- Butter63% · 11th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar36% · 44th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.7% · 65th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 13 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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