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Classic Holiday Sugar Cookies

12tomatoes.com · Makes 3 dozen

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

Less sugar than 78% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
Fat: 57%, 38th percentileSugar: 50%, 19th percentileEgg: 20%, 64th percentileLeavening: 0.9%, 38th percentileSalt: 0.3%, 29th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 500 g
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar≈ 250 g
  • 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature≈ 284 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • holiday cookie cuttersn/a

flour 500 gbatter 1146 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 513 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Fat57% · 38th percentile
  • Sugar50% · 19th percentile
  • Egg20% · 64th percentile
  • Leavening0.9% · 38th percentile
  • Salt0.3% · 29th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
7 to 9 minutes
median 11 minutes

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