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Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2021 · 30 cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More leavening than 94% of recipes and more egg than 92%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 94% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More egg than 92% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Fat: 53%, 31st percentileSugar: 53%, 28th percentileEgg: 31%, 93rd percentileLeavening: 3.3%, 95th percentileSalt: 0.9%, 67th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • ¾ cup (6 oz/170 g) butter, (at room temperature)170 g
  • ¾ cup (6 oz/170 g) granulated sugar170 g
  • 2 large eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 2 ¼ cups (11 ¼ oz/319 g) all-purpose flour319 g
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder≈ 10 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 2 1/2 cups (10oz/287g) powdered sugar, ((sifted))287 g
  • 3 tablespoons (1 ½oz/43g) butter ((at room temperature))43 g
  • 3 tablespoons milk≈ 46 g
  • ½ tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 6 g
  • food coloring of your choicen/a
  • Festive sprinklesn/a

flour 319 gbatter 785 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.

  • Fat53% · 31st percentile
  • Sugar53% · 28th percentile
  • Egg31% · 93rd percentile
  • Leavening3.3% · 95th percentile
  • Salt0.9% · 67th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
10 to 12 minutes
median 11 minutes

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