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The Best Rolled Sugar Cookie

12tomatoes.com · Serves 3 dozen

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More salt than 86% of recipes and more fat than 77%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
  • More fat than 77% of recipes: 72% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Fat: 72%, 78th percentileSugar: 64%, 49th percentileEgg: 16%, 39th percentileLeavening: 1.1%, 44th percentileSalt: 1.3%, 88th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder≈ 3.5 g
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature≈ 226 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g

flour 313 gbatter 807 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.

  • Fat72% · 78th percentile
  • Sugar64% · 49th percentile
  • Egg16% · 39th percentile
  • Leavening1.1% · 44th percentile
  • Salt1.3% · 88th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
8 to 10 minutes
median 11 minutes

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