Grammy's Kitchen · Shortbread · Lemon Shortbread Cookies
One of 67 shortbread recipes we measured
from www.jocooks.com
90 cooks on www.jocooks.com rate it 4.3★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 95% | 86% |
| total sugar | 56% | 56% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| acid | 13% | 0% |
| 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.
| 340 g | 1 1/2 cups butter (salted, softened) |
| 200 g | 1 cup powdered sugar |
| 46 g | 3 tablespoons lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1 tablespoon lemon zest | |
| 360 g | 3 cups all-purpose flour |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.jocooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Yeah, it's a lotta butter, so I made a half recipe. These are as fun as lemon bars with the eggy topping. No one suspects these of being lemon until they sink their teeth into them. Everyone loves the surprise. Not at all fattening if you ride your bike 40 mi” — a cook, 5.0★
“Great lemon flavor, perfect texture. These are a new favorite.” — a cook, 5.0★