Kesar Pista Shortbread Cookies Recipe
whiskaffair.com · 2026 · 20 people
Against 433 shortbread recipes
More sugar than 97% of recipes and more butter than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 97% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
- More butter than 91% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
- No salt at all, where 63% of recipes use some (most of those 0.4 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (7)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (250 g, at room temperature)250 g
- 1 cup powdered sugar (200 g)200 g
- 15-20 strands saffron (soaked in 2 tsp milk for 30 minutes)n/a
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (maida) (240 g)240 g
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder≈ 2.6 g
- 2 tablespoons dried rose petals≈ 30 g
- 2 tablespoons slivered pistachios≈ 15 g
flour 240 gbatter 737 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.
- Butter104% · 92nd percentile · median 81%
- Sugar83% · 97th percentile · median 40%
- Starch0% · 42nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 18th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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