Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Caroline Phelps · pickledplum.com · 2016 · 12 Cookies

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

Less fat than 94% of recipes and no egg, unlike 89%.

How it compares

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

Less fat than 94% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%, about half as much.
No egg at all, where 89% of recipes use some (most of those 36 to 53% of the flour weight).
More sugar than 87% of recipes: 178% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.
No salt at all, where 86% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 2.1% of the flour weight).

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

1 cup all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
1 cup instant old fashioned oats≈ 80 g
4 tablespoons butter, melted≈ 57 g
1/4 cup pure maple syrup or dark molasses≈ 85 g
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons brown sugar≈ 138 g
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice≈ 1.3 g
1/2 cup pumpkin puree≈ 123 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
3/4 cup mix of dark and/or white chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, pumpkin seeds≈ 128 g

flour 125 gbatter 744 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.