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Best Ever Sugar Cookie Recipe

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2018 · 30 -40 cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More salt than 97% of recipes and more egg than 91%.

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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 97% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More egg than 91% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Fat: 50%, 23rd percentileSugar: 66%, 54th percentileEgg: 29%, 91st percentileLeavening: 1.4%, 52nd percentileSalt: 1.8%, 98th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 3/4 cups (6oz/170g) butter, cubes and cold170 g
  • 1 cups (8oz/225g) sugar225 g
  • 2 eggs*≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 1/2 cups (12oz/340g) all-purpose flour340 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g

flour 340 gbatter 850 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.

  • Fat50% · 23rd percentile
  • Sugar66% · 54th percentile
  • Egg29% · 91st percentile
  • Leavening1.4% · 52nd percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 98th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
18 to 20 minutes
median 11 minutes

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