Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Leah Perez · thepioneerwoman.com · 2024 · 2 dz.
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More sugar than 97% of recipes and more starch than 86%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 97% of recipes: 86% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
- More starch than 86% of recipes: 10% 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 (10)
- 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling and stamping≈ 313 g
- 1/4 c. cornstarch≈ 32 g
- 1 c. salted butter, cubed and softened≈ 227 g
- 3/4 c. granulated sugar≈ 150 g
- 2 tbsp. lemon zest≈ 12 g
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice≈ 10 g
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 c. powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 1 tbsp. salted butter, melted≈ 14 g
- 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice≈ 30 g
flour 313 gbatter 911 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.
- Butter77% · 39th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar86% · 98th percentile · median 40%
- Starch10% · 87th percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 9 to 10 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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