Brown Butter Snickerdoodles

livewellbakeoften.com · 2023 · 46 cookies

Against 215 snickerdoodle recipes

Less sugar than 91% of recipes and more cream of tartar than 75%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 215 snickerdoodle recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less sugar than 91% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 90%.
More cream of tartar than 75% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
More fat than 75% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.

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

1 cup unsalted butter (sliced into tablespoon sized pieces (230 grams, or 2 sticks))230 g
⅔ cup packed light brown sugar ((135 grams))135 g
½ cup granulated sugar ((100 grams))100 g
2 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 100 g
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 6 g
2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled (345 grams))345 g
2 teaspoons cream of tartar≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 345 gbatter 933 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 215 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, sugar, egg, cream of tartar, leavening, salt.