BFF Dark Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies (GF or Not)

Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2016

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

More sugar than 90% of recipes and more salt than 92%.

How it compares

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

More sugar than 90% of recipes: 193% 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.
More fat than 80% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
More egg than 78% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.

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

1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)≈ 114 g
1/2 cup brown Sugar≈ 110 g
1/4 cup white sugar≈ 50 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
1 tbsp Molasses≈ 21 g
3/4 cup All Purpose Flour (or GF Orly's Sidney Blend Flour for gluten free)≈ 94 g
1 1/2 cup regular oats (rolled GF oats for gluten free)≈ 120 g
1 tsp cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
3 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding (or 2 teaspoons cornstarch)≈ 38 g
1 cup dark chocolate chips (Ghirardelli 60% Dark Chocolate Chips or chocolate chips of choice)≈ 170 g

flour 94 gbatter 775 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.