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Tahini Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Suzy Karadsheh · themediterraneandish.com · 2020 · 24 / Up to 24 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More sugar than 96% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More sugar than 96% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 79% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 79%, 42nd percentileSugar: 80%, 97th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.2%, 42nd percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 1 3/4 sticks (7 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 198 g
  • 1 cup sugar≈ 200 g
  • 1 cup tahini paste≈ 237 g
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • pinch salt≈ 0.4 g
  • Powdered sugar, optionaln/a

flour 250 gbatter 890 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.

  • Butter79% · 42nd percentile
  • Sugar80% · 97th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 42nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
15 minutes
median 18 minutes

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