Easter Shortbread Cookies
thecafesucrefarine.com · 2018 · 20
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More starch than 93% of recipes and more butter than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More starch than 93% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- More butter than 88% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- Less sugar than 87% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More salt than 89% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3.5 times as much.
Ingredients (9)
- 8 ounces very soft butter (2 sticks)227 g
- ½ cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
- ⅓ cup corn starch≈ 43 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 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)≈ 61 g
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
flour 219 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.
- Butter104% · 90th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar27% · 11th percentile · median 40%
- Starch20% · 94th percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.4% · 90th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 12 to 14 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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