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Classic Shortbread

smittenkitchen.com · Servings: 24

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less sugar than 89% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 89% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Butter: 78%, 41st percentileSugar: 27%, 10th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1%, 76th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1 cup (230 grams or 8 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into chunks230 g
  • ⅔ cup (80 grams) powdered sugar80 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 3 g
  • Flavoring of choice (see Note)n/a
  • 2 ¼ cups (295 grams) all-purpose flour295 g

flour 295 gbatter 608 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.

  • Butter78% · 41st percentile
  • Sugar27% · 10th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1% · 76th percentile

Oven

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

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