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Peanut Butter Cookies

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2022 · 28 cookies

Against 326 peanut butter cookie recipes

Less sugar than 91% of recipes and less egg than 88%.

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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 sugar than 91% of recipes: 66% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 111%.
  • Less egg than 88% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
  • Less peanut butter than 81% of recipes: 66% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 88%.
Peanut butter: 66%, 18th percentileButter: 56%, 37th percentileSugar: 66%, 8th percentileEgg: 17%, 11th percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 47th percentileSalt: 0.5%, 29th percentilePeanutbutterButterSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 2 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons (302 grams) all-purpose flour,302 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder≈ 1.2 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1 1/2 sticks (170 grams) unsalted butter, (at cool room temperature)170 g
  • 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar50 g
  • 3/4 cup (150 grams) light brown sugar150 g
  • 3/4 cup (200 grams) creamy peanut butter* ((see notes))200 g
  • 1 large egg, (at cool room temperature)≈ 50 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/3 cup (67 grams) granulated sugar67 g

flour 302 gbatter 933 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 butter66% · 18th percentile
  • Butter56% · 37th percentile
  • Sugar66% · 8th percentile
  • Egg17% · 11th percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 47th percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 29th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
10 to 12 minutes
median 11 minutes

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