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Shortbread Cookie Recipe

sugarspunrun.com · 2023 · 44 cookies (see note)

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More starch than 85% of recipes and more salt than 83%.

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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 85% of recipes: 6.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More salt than 83% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3 times as much.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 91%, 75th percentileSugar: 36%, 41st percentileStarch: 6.4%, 86th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 86th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (softened )≈ 227 g
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar≈ 90 g
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch≈ 16 g
  • ½ teaspoon table salt≈ 3 g

flour 250 gbatter 590 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.

  • Butter91% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar36% · 41st percentile
  • Starch6.4% · 86th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 86th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
9 to 11 minutes
median 18 minutes

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