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Lurka Logs (Indian Cardamom Cookies)(1964)

Chocolatl · food.com · Original Recipe

Lurka means "boy." Log means "people." So these are "boy people" cookies, although I'm sure girl people will enjoy them, too! Adapted from The Spice Cookbook, which credits the recipe to the wife of o

3

chewiness

4

crispiness

2

cakeyness

2

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

4

sweetness

2

complexity

crispysweet

Ingredients

all-purpose flour2.25 cup (281g)
baking powder1.5 tsp (7g)
ground cardamom0.5 tsp (2g)
salt0.5 tsp (2g)
butter(softened)1 cup (227g)
sugar1.5 cup (210g)
eggs2 each (100g)
sugar(for tops)1 each (200g)
flaked coconut(for tops)1 each (30g)
Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
375°F (191°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
None
Yield
~48 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 4.0. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.24 (28th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.69 (4th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.36 (77th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)
Fat %21.5 (91th percentile)
Sugar %38.7 (99th percentile)
Hydration0.36 (71th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.24

Flour:Sugar

0.69

Brown:White Sugar

0

Egg:Flour

0.36

Chocolate:Flour

0

Fat %

21.5

Sugar %

38.7

Flour %

26.6

Hydration

0.36