Scottish Shortbread
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2022 · 8 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More sugar than 79% of recipes and no salt, unlike 63%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 79% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- 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)
- 1 cup all purpose flour≈ 125 g
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature (you can use salted or unsalted butter, it's your choice.)≈ 114 g
- 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar≈ 67 g
- 1/2 tsp vanilla or almond extract≈ 2.1 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- granulated sugar for sprinkling on the shortbread after baking.n/a
flour 125 gbatter 307 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%
- Sugar53% · 80th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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