Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies (Salted Dark Chocolate Pecan On Top Option too!)
Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2017
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Less sugar than 94% of recipes and more salt than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 94% of recipes: 24% 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.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 sticks butter (1 cup, softened)≈ 226 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste≈ 8 g
- ½ cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 2 cups all purpose flour - minus 2 tablespoons≈ 250 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips≈ 170 g
- 1 teaspoon butter≈ 4.7 g
- 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)≈ 55 g
flour 250 gbatter 556 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.
- Butter90% · 66th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar24% · 5th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.2% · 86th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 350°F
- Time
- 18 to 20 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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