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Sugar Cookies (Scandinavian)

evelynathens · food.com · Original Recipe

Cardamom is a much-loved spice used in Scandinavian baking. These cookies make good use of it. Bake up a batch now to enjoy with your favourite ice cream or alone, with a glass of milk.

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

4

spread

3

richness

3

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

softened butter1 cup (227g)
sugar0.75 cup (105g)
egg1 each (50g)
salt0.25 tsp (1g)
vanilla extract0.5 tsp (2g)
almond extract0.5 tsp (2g)
ground cardamom1 tsp (3g)
all-purpose flour3 cup (375g)
sugar(for dusting tops)1 each (200g)
Total dough weight964g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
15-17 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~4 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.0. 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:Fat1.65 (64th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.23 (43th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.13 (26th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)
Fat %23.5 (96th percentile)
Sugar %31.6 (96th percentile)
Hydration0.13 (20th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

1.23

Brown:White Sugar

0

Egg:Flour

0.13

Chocolate:Flour

0

Fat %

23.5

Sugar %

31.6

Flour %

38.9

Hydration

0.13