Lemon Shortbread
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2022 · 16 servings
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Close to the middle of 433 shortbread recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Ingredients (7)
- 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- zest of 1 large lemon, peeled with a vegetable peeler. Note: you want just the yellow part, not the bitter white pith.n/a
- 2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 454 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1 Tbsp lemon paste ( you can substitute 1 tsp lemon extract)≈ 13 g
- 4 cups all purpose flour≈ 500 g
- 1 Tbsp sparkling sugar (buy sparkling sugar here)≈ 13 g
flour 500 gbatter 1182 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.
- Butter91% · 75th percentile · median 81%
- Sugar43% · 58th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.6% · 61st percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 40 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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