Brown Sugar Cookies
Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2016 · about 30 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less sugar than 76% of recipes.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder≈ 1.2 g
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt≈ 1.5 g
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar≈ 165 g
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, at room temperature≈ 170 g
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar≈ 480 g
- 1/4 cup meringue powder≈ 59 g
- Food coloring, optionaln/a
- Decorating sugar, for topping, optionaln/a
- Sprinkles, for topping, optionaln/a
flour 313 gbatter 704 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.
- Fat54% · 33rd percentile · median 61%
- Sugar53% · 23rd percentile · median 64%
- Egg16% · 39th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0.4% · 25th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.5% · 39th 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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