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Black Sesame Shortbread Cookies

sugarhero.com · 2015 · 60

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less sugar than 90% 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 90% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Butter: 80%, 46th percentileSugar: 27%, 9th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.7%, 65th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 12 oz unsalted butter (at room temperature)340 g
  • 4 oz powdered sugar ((1 cup))113 g
  • 1 large orange (zested)n/a
  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom (can substitute cinnamon)≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
  • 15 oz all-purpose flour ((3 1/2 cups))425 g
  • 1.13 oz black sesame seeds ((1/4 cup))32 g
  • 1 1/2 lbs chocolate candy coating melts (or tempered chocolate, optional)680 g
  • Chocolate transfer sheets (optional)n/a

flour 425 gbatter 1596 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.

  • Butter80% · 46th percentile
  • Sugar27% · 9th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.7% · 65th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
12 minutes
median 18 minutes

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