Oatmeal and Flax Cranberry Cookies

King Arthur Baking · kingarthurbaking.com · 42 / 3 1 / 2 dozen

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

More fat than 93% of recipes and less sugar than 87%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 499 oatmeal cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More fat than 93% of recipes: 134% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Less sugar than 87% of recipes: 94% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.
Less leavening than 82% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.9%.
Egg in the middle half of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

16 tablespoons (227g) unsalted butter, softened227 g
3/4 cup (159g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed159 g
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1/2 teaspoon table salt≈ 3 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
1 1/2 cups (170g) King Arthur Golden Wheat Flour170 g
1 1/2 cups (134g) old-fashioned rolled oats*134 g
1/2 cup (43g) flax meal43 g
1/4 cup (43g) flax seeds43 g
1 1/2 cups (170g) dried cranberries or raisins170 g
1/2 to 1 cup (57g to 113g) chopped nuts, optional; walnuts or pecans are tasty57 g

flour 170 gbatter 1066 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 499 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: oats, fat, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.