Turkish Coffee Shortbread
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2026 · 16 wedges
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More salt than 78% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 78% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%, about 3 times as much.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature.≈ 227 g
- 2/3 cup white sugar≈ 133 g
- 1 Tbsp espresso powder ((instant espresso))≈ 7 g
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cardamom≈ 3.9 g
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour≈ 281 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 oz bittersweet chocolate chips, or bar chocolate, cut in small pieces.113 g
- 1 tsp vegetable oil≈ 4.5 g
flour 281 gbatter 660 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 · median 81%
- Sugar47% · 68th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt1.1% · 81st percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 25 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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