Lemon Shortbread Cookies
yellowblissroad.com · 2016 · 24 cookies
Against 433 shortbread recipes
Less sugar than 94% of recipes and more starch than 89%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 94% of recipes: 24% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More starch than 89% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 cups flour≈ 250 g
- 1/4 cup cornstarch≈ 32 g
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
- 1 cup butter (softened)≈ 227 g
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1/4 teaspoon pure lemon extract≈ 1.1 g
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest (2 lemons)≈ 12 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar≈ 30 g
- Juice of 2 lemonsn/a
- Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
- Dash of lemon extract≈ 0.4 g
- Yellow sprinkles or additional lemon zest (optional for garnish)n/a
flour 250 gbatter 586 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%
- Sugar24% · 5th percentile · median 40%
- Starch13% · 90th percentile · median 0%
- Salt0.8% · 70th percentile · median 0.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 13 minutes
- median 18 minutes
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