Peanut Butter Cut-Out Cookies
bakingamoment.com · 2026 · 28 3-inch diameter, 3 / 16-inch thick cookies (approx.)
Against 326 peanut butter cookie recipes
No leavening, unlike 95% of recipes and less sugar than 92%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 326 peanut butter cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No leavening at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 1.9 to 3.6% of the flour weight).
- Less sugar than 92% of recipes: 64% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 111%.
- Less egg than 92% of recipes: 5.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%, under a third as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
- 1 cup peanut butter ((I use Jif creamy))≈ 258 g
- 1 cup light brown sugar≈ 220 g
- 4 ounces cream cheese113 g
- 1 egg yolk (large)≈ 18 g
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 344 g
- 1/4 cup cornstarch≈ 32 g
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 3 g
flour 344 gbatter 1215 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 326 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Peanut butter75% · 30th percentile · median 88%
- Butter66% · 57th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar64% · 7th percentile · median 111%
- Egg5.2% · 8th percentile · median 30%
- Leavening0% · 2nd percentile · median 2.5%
- Salt0.9% · 48th percentile · median 0.9%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 14 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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