Easy Christmas Shortbread Cookies
thecafesucrefarine.com · 2017 · 24
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More butter than 95% of recipes and more sugar than 96%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 95% of recipes: 110% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- More sugar than 96% of recipes: 82% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
- More starch than 91% of recipes: 15% 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).
Ingredients (13)
- 8 ounces butter (2 sticks)227 g
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
- ¼ cup cornstarch≈ 32 g
- 1 tablespoon very soft butter≈ 14 g
- 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 1 1/2-2 tablespoons half and half (or milk)≈ 27 g
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract≈ 2.1 g
- 3-4 drops green food coloring≈ 1.4 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 cups powdered sugar≈ 240 g
- 4 tablespoons half and half (or milk) (maybe more)≈ 61 g
- 1/4-1 teaspoon peppermint extract≈ 2.6 g
flour 219 gbatter 706 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.
- Butter110% · 95th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar82% · 97th percentile · median 40%
- Starch15% · 92nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 12 to 16 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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