Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Val Goodrich · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 8 dozen
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More butter than 97% of recipes and more starch than 97%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 97% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- More starch than 97% of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (5)
- 3 cups butter, softened≈ 681 g
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted≈ 180 g
- 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 563 g
- 1-1/2 cups cornstarch≈ 192 g
- Nonpareils and/or halved candied cherriesn/a
flour 563 gbatter 1616 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.
- Butter121% · 98th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar32% · 21st percentile · median 40%
- Starch34% · 98th percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 300°F / 150°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 20 to 22 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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