Simply Perfect Chocolate Sugar Cookies

bakingamoment.com · 2013 · 45 cookies (2 in diameter)

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More fat than 91% of recipes and more egg than 92%.

How it compares

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

More fat than 91% of recipes: 81% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
More egg than 92% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.

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

1/2 cup cold unsalted butter ((1 stick), cut into small cubes)≈ 114 g
1 tablespoon oil ((light/neutral flavor such as canola, grapeseed, or light olive oil))≈ 14 g
2/3 cup granulated sugar≈ 133 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
1/4 cup cornstarch≈ 32 g
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 43 g
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour ((you may need as much as 2 cups))≈ 156 g

flour 156 gbatter 548 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 513 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

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