Ultimate Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2018 · 18 Servings

Against 499 oatmeal cookie recipes

Fewer oats than 94% of recipes and less sugar than 82%.

How it compares

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

Fewer oats than 94% of recipes: 38% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 85%, about half as much.
Less sugar than 82% of recipes: 102% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 135%.
Less fat than 76% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Less leavening than 78% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.9%.

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

1 cup cold butter cut into cubes≈ 227 g
1 cup brown sugar≈ 220 g
1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
2 eggs (large)≈ 100 g
2 ½ cups all purpose flour≈ 313 g
1 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats≈ 120 g
1 teaspoon cornstarch≈ 2.7 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
1/2 cup of each - milk chocolate chips (peanut butter chips and white chocolate chips, plus some extra for the tops of the cookies)≈ 85 g

flour 313 gbatter 1178 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.