Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Jenna Barnard · butternutbakeryblog.com · 2026 · 18 cookies
Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes
Close to the middle of 499 oatmeal cookie recipes on every ingredient.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 499 oatmeal cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Salt below the middle half: 0.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, less than 74% of recipes use.
- Oats in the middle half of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 85%.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 cup (224g) unsalted butter*, sliced224 g
- 3/4 cup (150g) packed dark brown sugar (light works, but dark is best)150 g
- 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar150 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 3/4 tsp baking soda≈ 4.5 g
- 1/4 tsp baking powder≈ 1.2 g
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- 1 1/2 cups (150g) quick oats, certified gluten-free if needed150 g
- 1 3/4 cups (225g) all-purpose flour or 1-to-1 gluten-free baking flour, spooned and leveled225 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Flaky sea salt, for toppingn/a
flour 225 gbatter 1016 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 499 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Oats67% · 33rd percentile · median 85%
- Fat100% · 60th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar133% · 48th percentile · median 135%
- Egg44% · 63rd percentile · median 40%
- Leavening2.5% · 40th percentile · median 2.9%
- Salt0.9% · 25th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 11 to 13 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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