Nutritional Facts: Perfect Shortbread Cookies!

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  1 lb (454g)
lightly-salted butter
1 cup (200g)
superfine sugar
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
2 cups (250g)
all-purpose flour
2 cups (274g)
cake flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.8 0.7 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.9 2 0
Ash (g) 9.6 0.0 3.0 1.2 1.1 15 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 1.1 0.9 2 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 18.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 109.0 2.0 0.7 37.5 38.4 188 7
Calories 3,255.2 774.0 0.0 910.0 991.9 5,931 228
Calories (kj) 13,615.5 3,236.0 0.0 3,807.5 4,151.1 24,810 954
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.3 200.0 0.0 190.8 213.8 605 23
Cholesterol (mg) 976.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 976 38
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 0.5 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.7 11 0
Folate (mcg) 13.6 0.0 0.0 65.0 509.6 588 23
Folate, DFE (mcg) 13.6 0.0 0.0 65.0 772.7 851 33
Folate, food (mcg) 13.6 0.0 0.0 65.0 128.8 207 8
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 378.1 378 15
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 8.7 7.4 17 1
Glycine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.9 0.8 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.6 0.5 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.9 20.1 23 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.9 0.9 2 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.4 n/a 0.0 1.8 1.5 4 0
Lysine (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.6 0.8 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 9.1 0.0 0.0 55.0 43.8 108 4
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.5 0.4 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 95.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 96 4
Niacin (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 18.6 22 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.3 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 1.3 1.1 3 0
Phosphorus (mg) 109.0 0.0 0.0 270.0 232.9 612 24
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 13.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 16 1
Potassium (mg) 109.0 4.0 0.2 267.5 287.7 668 26
Proline (g) 0.4 n/a 0.0 3.0 2.5 6 0
Protein (g) 3.9 0.0 0.0 25.8 22.5 52 2
Retinol (mcg) 3,046.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,046 117
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.2 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 233.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 234 9
Selenium (mcg) 4.5 1.2 0.0 84.8 13.4 104 4
Serine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 1.3 1.2 3 0
Sodium (mg) 3,241.6 2.0 1,162.7 5.0 5.5 4,417 170
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 199.6 n/a n/a n/a 200 8
Sugar (g) 0.3 199.6 0.0 0.7 0.8 201 8
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 3 0
Threonine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.7 0.6 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 11 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.2 0 0
Total Fat (g) 368.2 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.4 373 14
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 13.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 14 1
TransFatty acids (g) 14.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.3 0.3 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.8 0.6 2 0
Valine (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 1.0 1.0 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 11,345.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11,345 436
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 3,105.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,105 119
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 272.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 272 10
Water (g) 72.0 0.0 0.0 29.8 34.3 136 5
Zinc (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.7 4 0

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