Sourdough Discard Snickerdoodle Cookies
savorthebest.com · 2025 · 24 cookies
Against 215 snickerdoodle recipes
More fat than 86% of recipes and more cream of tartar than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 215 snickerdoodle recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 86% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More cream of tartar than 88% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
- Leavening above the middle half: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%, more than 74% of recipes use.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)≈ 227 g
- 1 ⅓ cups granulated sugar (267 grams)267 g
- ½ cup sourdough discard (about 120 grams)120 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 egg yolk≈ 18 g
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 17 g
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour (320 grams)320 g
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
- 4 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 12 g
flour 320 gbatter 1034 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 215 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Fat71% · 87th percentile · median 63%
- Sugar83% · 33rd percentile · median 90%
- Egg21% · 33rd percentile · median 27%
- Cream of tartar1.9% · 90th percentile · median 1.2%
- Leavening1.9% · 79th percentile · median 1.7%
- Salt0.9% · 61st percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 9 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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