Grammy's Kitchen · Shortbread · Simple, Classic Shortbread
One of 67 shortbread recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
114 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 89% | 86% |
| total sugar | 52% | 56% |
| 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.
| 227 g | 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, room temperature |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon (5 g) kosher salt |
| 134 g | 2/3 cup (134 g) granulated sugar |
| 6 g | 1.5 teaspoons vanilla, optional |
| 256 g | 2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour |
| sparkling sugar, superfine sugar, or granulated sugar, for sprinkling, optional |
Method: 2 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I am a sucker for classic shortbread - really good, classic shortbread. It's always so expensive when you buy a good one and I happen to love to bake, so I looked for a simple (but traditional!) recipe! I am obsessed. I have made this 4 times in the few weeks ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I have made these several times the last few weeks, adding chocolate chips once, and now making a lemon version. They are so good in every form! To make lemony shortbread, I rubbed zest into the sugar ahead of adding to the butter. I also added some lemon juic” — a cook, 5.0★