Classic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2018 · 36 cookies

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

More leavening than 80% of recipes and more salt than 79%.

How it compares

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

More leavening than 80% of recipes: 4.2% 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≈ 227 g
1 cup packed light brown sugar (see note)≈ 220 g
1 cup granulated sugar (see note)≈ 200 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
2 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (see note)≈ 200 g
2 cups chocolate chips or chocolate chunks (butterscotch chips are delicious, too)≈ 320 g

flour 250 gbatter 1538 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.