Lemon Sugar Cookies

Jenna Barnard · butternutbakeryblog.com · 2026 · 15 cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

Less egg than 92% of recipes and more fat than 75%.

How it compares

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

Less egg than 92% of recipes: 5.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about half as much.
More fat than 75% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.

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

1 cup (224g) unsalted butter, sliced224 g
1 cup (200g) sugar200 g
1 large egg yolk≈ 18 g
1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
Zest of 1 lemonn/a
2 tbsp lemon juice≈ 30 g
1/2 tsp kosher salt≈ 2 g
1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
1/2 tsp cream of tartar≈ 1.6 g
2 1/2 cups (320g) all-purpose flour or gluten-free baking flour, spooned and leveled320 g
1/4 (50g) sugar13 g
Zest of 1/2 lemonn/a

flour 320 gbatter 815 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.