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Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2018 · 30 cookies

Against 326 peanut butter cookie recipes

Less peanut butter than 96% of recipes and less sugar than 97%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 326 peanut butter cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less peanut butter than 96% of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 88%, about half as much.
  • Less sugar than 97% of recipes: 48% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 111%, about half as much.
  • Less egg than 90% of recipes: 12% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%, about half as much.
  • No salt at all, where 83% of recipes use some (most of those 0.8 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
Peanut butter: 36%, 3rd percentileButter: 41%, 18th percentileSugar: 48%, 2nd percentileEgg: 12%, 9th percentileLeavening: 4.1%, 85th percentileSalt: 0%, 8th percentilePeanutbutterButterSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1 1 ⁄2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (207 grams) all-purpose flour414 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 ⁄4 teaspoon baking powder≈ 11 g
  • 1 ⁄4 teaspoon saltn/a
  • 1 1 ⁄2 sticks (170 grams) unsalted butter, at cool room temperature170 g
  • 1 ⁄2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar100 g
  • 1 ⁄2 cup (100 grams) light brown sugar100 g
  • 3/4 (201 grams) Simple Truth Creamy Peanut Butter151 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extractn/a
  • 1/2 cup (70 grams) roughly chopped Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts70 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 ⁄3 cup granulated sugarn/a

flour 414 gbatter 1072 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 butter36% · 3rd percentile
  • Butter41% · 18th percentile
  • Sugar48% · 2nd percentile
  • Egg12% · 9th percentile
  • Leavening4.1% · 85th percentile
  • Salt0% · 8th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 350°F
Time
10 to 12 minutes
median 11 minutes

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