Coconut Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles

easyanddelish.com · 2020 · 30

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

No salt, unlike 80% of recipes and less egg than 76%.

How it compares

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

No salt at all, where 80% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.1% of the flour weight).
Less egg than 76% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.

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

1 cup unsalted butter (cubed and at room temperature (about 2 sticks))≈ 227 g
1 cup sugar≈ 200 g
1 egg (at room temperature (the video shows 2 because I doubled the amount of cookies))≈ 50 g
1/2 tbsp coconut extract≈ 6 g
1/2 tbsp baking powder≈ 7 g
3 cups all-purpose flour (sifted)≈ 375 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

2 cups powdered sugar≈ 240 g
5 tbsp milk≈ 77 g
½ tsp coconut extract≈ 2.1 g
2 tbsp unsalted butter (softened)≈ 28 g
3 tbsp milk (or more as needed)≈ 46 g
1 tsp coconut extract≈ 4.2 g
6-8 drops green food coloring (or more to achieve your desired shade of green)≈ 2.8 g

flour 375 gbatter 865 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.