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Felix · simplytrinicooking.com · 2011 · 22

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More starch than 94% of recipes and more sugar than 84%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More starch than 94% of recipes: 25% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More sugar than 84% of recipes: 59% 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).
Butter: 89%, 61st percentileSugar: 59%, 84th percentileStarch: 25%, 95th percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 2 1/4 cups pastry flour*≈ 257 g
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch≈ 64 g
  • 1 cup butter≈ 227 g
  • 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar≈ 150 g

flour 257 gbatter 698 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% · 61st percentile
  • Sugar59% · 84th percentile
  • Starch25% · 95th percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
45 minutes
median 18 minutes

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