Grammy's Kitchen · Shortbread · Salted Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
One of 67 shortbread recipes we measured
It ranks #4 of 67 for chew among the shortbread recipes we compared. 30 cooks on www.browneyedbaker.com rate it 4.4★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 75% | 86% |
| total sugar | 128% | 56% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 74% | 0% |
| leavener | 2% | 0% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 28 g | 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 113 g | 1 stick plus 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature ((11 tablespoons)) |
| 142 g | 2/3 cup light brown sugar |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt (plus extra for sprinkling) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.browneyedbaker.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I don't bake a lot of sweet things, but having more sugar than flour in this recipe seemed like a red flag. I looked around at other recipes and decided 1:2 brown sugar to flour was more appropriate, so I put in about 75g light brown sugar total. Then I spri” — a cook, 4.0★
“Best cookies ever! I make them often!I'm making them along with molasses cookies for a different kind of Thanksgiving dessert!” — a cook, 5.0★