Brown Sugar Cookies
chelseasmessyapron.com · 2024 · 26 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More sugar than 96% of recipes and more salt than 86%.
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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 96% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
Ingredients (13)
- 16 tablespoons unsalted butter≈ 227 g
- 1-1/3 cups light brown sugar (tightly packed)≈ 293 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 large egg yolk (discard or save the whites for another recipe)≈ 18 g
- 2 teaspoons molasses (optional, see note 1)≈ 14 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch≈ 5 g
- 3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (sift if clumpy)≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- 2-3/4 cups flour (see note 2)≈ 344 g
- 1/2 cup Demerara sugar (or granulated sugar, see note 3)≈ 110 g
- 1 cup English Toffee Baking Bits (optional)≈ 237 g
flour 344 gbatter 1313 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.
- Fat66% · 71st percentile · median 61%
- Sugar121% · 97th percentile · median 64%
- Egg20% · 59th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.5% · 55th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt1.3% · 88th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 9 to 14 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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