Nutritional Facts: Great-Aunt Annie's Traditional Shortbread

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  1 to taste (0g)
nonstick cooking spray
1 cup (227g)
unsalted butter
3/4 cup (90g)
confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
pure vanilla extract
2 cups (274g)
cake flour
2 tablespoons (25g)
coarse sugar
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Alcohol n/a 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1 0
Arginine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.9 n/a 1 0
Ash n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 1 0
Aspartic acid n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.9 n/a 1 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a 9.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium n/a 54.5 0.9 0.2 38.4 0.3 94 8
Calories n/a 1,627.6 350.1 6.0 991.9 97.5 3,073 256
Calories (kj) n/a 6,807.7 1,464.3 25.3 4,151.1 407.7 12,856 1,071
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates n/a 0.1 89.8 0.3 213.8 25.2 329 27
Cholesterol n/a 488.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 488 41
Copper n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0 0
Cystine n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 0.0 5 0
Folate n/a 6.8 0.0 0.0 509.6 0.0 516 43
Folate, DFE n/a 6.8 0.0 0.0 772.7 0.0 779 65
Folate, food n/a 6.8 0.0 0.0 128.8 0.0 136 11
Folic acid n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 378.1 0.0 378 32
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid n/a 0.4 n/a n/a 7.4 n/a 8 1
Glycine n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Histidine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.5 n/a 1 0
Iron n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 20.1 0.0 20 2
Isoleucine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.9 n/a 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 1.5 n/a 2 0
Lysine n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Magnesium n/a 4.5 0.0 0.3 43.8 0.0 49 4
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 2 0
Methionine n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 n/a 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat n/a 47.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 48 4
Niacin n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 18.6 0.0 19 2
Pantothenic acid n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 2 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 1.1 n/a 1 0
Phosphorus n/a 54.5 0.0 0.1 232.9 0.0 288 24
Polyunsaturated Fat n/a 6.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 8 1
Potassium n/a 54.5 1.8 3.1 287.7 0.5 348 29
Proline n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 2.5 n/a 3 0
Protein n/a 1.9 0.0 0.0 22.5 0.0 24 2
Retinol n/a 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523 127
Riboflavin n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat n/a 116.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 117 10
Selenium n/a 2.3 0.5 0.0 13.4 0.2 16 1
Serine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 1.2 n/a 1 0
Sodium n/a 25.0 1.8 0.2 5.5 0.3 33 3
Starch n/a n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 25.1 25 2
Sugar n/a 0.1 88.0 0.3 0.8 25.1 114 10
Theobromine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.0 2 0
Threonine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.6 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha n/a 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 5 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a 0 0
Total Fat n/a 184.1 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.0 186 16
Tryptophan n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 n/a 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.6 n/a 1 0
Valine n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU n/a 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,673 473
Vitamin A, RAE n/a 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,553 129
Vitamin B-12 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D n/a 136.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 136 11
Water n/a 40.7 0.2 1.1 34.3 0.0 76 6
Zinc n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 2 0

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