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Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

livewellbakeoften.com · 2020 · 26 cookies

Against 326 peanut butter cookie recipes

Less leavening than 81% of recipes.

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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 leavening than 81% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.5%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 126% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 111%.
Peanut butter: 100%, 59th percentileButter: 61%, 46th percentileSugar: 126%, 70th percentileEgg: 26%, 31st percentileLeavening: 1.6%, 16th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 41st percentilePeanutbutterButterSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 1 and 1/2 cups (190 grams) all purpose flour, spooned & leveled190 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1/2 cup (115 grams) unsalted butter, softened115 g
  • 3/4 cup (150 grams) light brown sugar (packed)150 g
  • 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar50 g
  • 3/4 cup (190 grams) creamy peanut butter190 g
  • 1 large egg (room temperature)≈ 50 g
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3 tablespoons (40 grams) granulated sugar (optional)40 g

flour 190 gbatter 794 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 butter100% · 59th percentile
  • Butter61% · 46th percentile
  • Sugar126% · 70th percentile
  • Egg26% · 31st percentile
  • Leavening1.6% · 16th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 41st percentile

Oven

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

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