Ultimate Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2013 · 16 cookies

Against 326 peanut butter cookie recipes

Less leavening than 91% of recipes and less sugar than 87%.

How it compares

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

Less leavening than 91% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.5%, about half as much.
Less sugar than 87% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 111%.
Less egg than 88% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
Less butter than 83% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.

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

1 and 1/2 (188g) cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)282 g
1/2 cup (41g) unsweetened natural cocoa powder41 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature113 g
1/2 cup (100g) packed light brown sugar100 g
1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar100 g
1/4 cup (60g) cup creamy or chunky peanut butter60 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
2 Tablespoons (30ml) milk≈ 31 g
1 and 1/4 cups Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, chopped (about 16 Reese’s miniatures)≈ 323 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 282 gbatter 1108 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 326 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: peanut butter, butter, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.