Grammy's Kitchen · Shortbread · Shortbread Cookies
One of 67 shortbread recipes we measured
It ranks #5 of 67 for sweetness perceived among the shortbread recipes we compared. 128 cooks on www.recipetineats.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 83% | 86% |
| total sugar | 30% | 56% |
| salt | 0% | 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.
| 250 g | 250g / 8 oz salted butter, softened (2 x US sticks, 1 cup) (or unsalted + 1/4 tsp salt) |
| 90 g | 3/4 cup (90g) icing sugar (powdered sugar) ((Note 2)) |
| 300 g | 2 cups (300g) plain / all purpose flour |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“You have saved me once again! Thank you. My grandmother passed 36 years ago and recently I opened up her hand written recipe book and wanted to try her shortbread. Her ingredients were different to yours ( she had rice flour in hers) but the ratios of flours t” — a cook, 4.0★
“I usually hate the chalkiness of shortbread, but this recipe is delicious. My daughter and I had fun making it this morning, super easy. We also added some vanilla bean paste. Next, I'm going to add some early grey tea to try out.” — a cook, 5.0★