Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

leitesculinaria.com · 2021 · 24 to 36 cookies

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

More leavening than 97% of recipes and more sugar than 90%.

How it compares

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

More leavening than 97% of recipes: 6.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.9%, about twice as much.
More sugar than 90% of recipes: 192% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.
More salt than 92% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about 2.5 times as much.
Less fat than 81% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.

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

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ((yes, that's a lot, but it works if you like cinnamon))≈ 10 g
1 teaspoon sea salt≈ 6 g
2 1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats≈ 180 g
9 tablespoons (4 1/2 oz) unsalted butter (at room temperature)≈ 128 g
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar≈ 248 g
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 113 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
1 heaping cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate ((bittersweet is swell, but any kind will do))≈ 160 g

flour 188 gbatter 1148 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.