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Taste of Home Editorial Team · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 5 dozen

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More starch than 94% of recipes and more sugar than 88%.

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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: 26% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More sugar than 88% of recipes: 64% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • 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: 64%, 89th percentileStarch: 26%, 95th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 86th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 cup butter, softened≈ 227 g
  • 1/2 cup sugar≈ 100 g
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar≈ 60 g
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch≈ 64 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g

flour 250 gbatter 704 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
  • Sugar64% · 89th percentile
  • Starch26% · 95th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 86th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
10 to 12 minutes
median 18 minutes

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