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Shortbread Cookies

Ree Drummond · thepioneerwoman.com · 2025 · 36 serving(s)

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More sugar than 92% of recipes and more starch than 88%.

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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 92% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • More starch than 88% of recipes: 11% 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).
Butter: 81%, 51st percentileSugar: 71%, 93rd percentileStarch: 11%, 88th percentileSalt: 0%, 18th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 1 c. (2 sticks) salted butter, softened, plus more if necessary≈ 227 g
  • 1 c. sugar≈ 200 g
  • 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting≈ 281 g
  • 1/4 c. cornstarch≈ 32 g

flour 281 gbatter 740 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.

  • Butter81% · 51st percentile
  • Sugar71% · 93rd percentile
  • Starch11% · 88th percentile
  • Salt0% · 18th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
20 minutes
median 18 minutes

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