Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2024 · 28 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
No salt, unlike 63% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Ingredients (5)
- 2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 454 g
- 1 cup granulated sugar plus more for rolling the edges of the cookies≈ 200 g
- 4 tsp pure vanilla extract≈ 17 g
- 4 cups all purpose flour≈ 500 g
- 2 cups whole pistachios, chopped (I use salted and roasted nuts)≈ 240 g
flour 500 gbatter 1411 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%
- Sugar40% · 52nd percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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