Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2012 · 36 Cookies (2-3 dozen depending on size)

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

Fewer oats than 97% of recipes and more leavening than 89%.

How it compares

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

Fewer oats than 97% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 85%, about half as much.
More leavening than 89% of recipes: 4.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.9%.
More salt than 79% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 168% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.

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

1 cup butter (softened to room temperature (I use salted butter))≈ 227 g
1 cup creamy peanut butter≈ 258 g
1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar≈ 220 g
1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
1 cup quick oats (using old-fashioned rolled oats will give a different texture)≈ 80 g
2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
2 cups chocolate chips (milk, semisweet, bittersweet)≈ 340 g

flour 250 gbatter 1697 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.