Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Buttercream
completelydelicious.com · 2023 · 36 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More egg than 97% of recipes and no leavening, unlike 77%.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 97% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about twice as much.
- No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
- More sugar than 75% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Ingredients (15)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (, at room temperature)≈ 227 g
- 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- ½ cup packed light or dark brown sugar≈ 110 g
- 3 large eggs≈ 150 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 57 g
- 1 teaspoons espresso powder (, optional)≈ 2.4 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 cups powdered sugar (, sifted)≈ 480 g
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream≈ 60 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract≈ 1.1 g
- Food coloring (, optional)n/a
- Sprinkles (, optional)n/a
flour 375 gbatter 1129 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.
- Fat61% · 51st percentile · median 61%
- Sugar83% · 75th percentile · median 64%
- Egg40% · 98th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0% · 11th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.8% · 58th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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