Basic Sugar Cookies
Food Network · foodnetwork.com · 2016 · 24 to 36 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More fat than 88% of recipes and less sugar than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 88% of recipes: 79% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), plus more for dusting≈ 285 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 226 g
- 3/4 cup sugar≈ 150 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Basic royal icing, gel food coloring and edible pearls, for decorating (see instructions)n/a
flour 285 gbatter 721 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.
- Fat79% · 89th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar53% · 23rd percentile · median 64%
- Egg18% · 48th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.6% · 58th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.5% · 39th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 13 to 15 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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