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Perfect Chewy Sugar Cookies Recipe

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2018 · 30

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More sugar than 95% of recipes and less egg than 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 95% of recipes: 117% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
  • Less egg than 84% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Fat: 58%, 40th percentileSugar: 117%, 96th percentileEgg: 13%, 15th percentileLeavening: 2.1%, 73rd percentileSalt: 0.8%, 58th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 2 ¾ cups (13 ¾ oz/389 g) all-purpose flour389 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 cup (8 oz/225 g) butter, (at room temperature )225 g
  • 1 ½ cups (12 oz/340 g) plus ½ cup (4 oz/115 g) granulated sugar, (divided)455 g
  • 1 large egg, (at room temperature)≈ 50 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

flour 389 gbatter 1135 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.

  • Fat58% · 40th percentile
  • Sugar117% · 96th percentile
  • Egg13% · 15th percentile
  • Leavening2.1% · 73rd percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 58th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
14 to 16 minutes
median 11 minutes

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