Hearty Oatmeal Pistachio Cookies with Cherries & White Chocolate

Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2024 · 24 medium-sized cookies

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

More fat than 82% of recipes and more egg than 78%.

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 egg than 78% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 112% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.

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

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (can also make them healthier with whole wheat white flour)≈ 188 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
1 cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
½ cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
¼ teaspoon orange extract≈ 1.1 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
2 ½ cups rolled oats≈ 200 g
1 cup dried cherries (raisins, dates or dried cranberries can be used as well)≈ 237 g
½ cup chopped pistachios (pecans or walnuts can be used as well)≈ 60 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 188 gbatter 1236 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.