Sourdough Oatmeal Cookies

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Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

More fat than 82% of recipes and more oats than 79%.

How it compares

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

More fat than 82% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
More oats than 79% of recipes: 128% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 85%.
Less egg than 85% of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
More sugar than 77% of recipes: 171% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.

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

1 cup unsalted butter≈ 227 g
1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed (use light brown sugar or a mix of light and dark))≈ 220 g
½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
⅔ cup sourdough discard≈ 160 g
2 large egg yolks (room temperature preferred)≈ 36 g
2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
¾ teaspoon table salt≈ 4.5 g
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats≈ 240 g

flour 188 gbatter 1192 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.