The Best Snickerdoodle recipe
thereciperebel.com · 2025 · 24 cookies
Against 215 snickerdoodle recipes
Less fat than 93% of recipes and no salt, unlike 95%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 215 snickerdoodle recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 93% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- No salt at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.1% of the flour weight).
- Less sugar than 81% of recipes: 77% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 90%.
- Less leavening than 77% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Ingredients (10)
- ½ cup unsalted butter ((room temperature))≈ 114 g
- ½ cup granulated sugar ((100 grams))100 g
- ½ cup brown sugar ((100 grams))100 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
- 2 cups all purpose flour, fluffed and levelled* ((260 grams))260 g
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar≈ 3.1 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
flour 260 gbatter 634 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.
- Fat44% · 6th percentile · median 63%
- Sugar77% · 18th percentile · median 90%
- Egg19% · 26th percentile · median 27%
- Cream of tartar1.2% · 49th percentile · median 1.2%
- Leavening1.2% · 20th percentile · median 1.7%
- Salt0% · 2nd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 9 to 10 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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