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Easy Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2022 · 40 cookies (depending on size)

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

No salt, unlike 80% of recipes and less sugar than 77%.

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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 sugar than 77% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Fat: 59%, 42nd percentileSugar: 52%, 22nd percentileEgg: 18%, 48th percentileLeavening: 0.8%, 34th percentileSalt: 0%, 10th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 3 sticks (339 grams) unsalted butter, (at cool room temperature)339 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated sugar300 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon almond extract ((optional))≈ 1.6 g
  • 4 1/2 cups (572 grams) all-purpose flour,*572 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup (125 grams) powdered sugar, (sifted (plus more as needed))125 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons milk≈ 23 g
  • Food coloring, (if desired)n/a
  • 1 cup (125 grams) powdered sugar, (sifted (plus more as needed))125 g
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons milk≈ 38 g

flour 572 gbatter 1326 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.

  • Fat59% · 42nd percentile
  • Sugar52% · 22nd percentile
  • Egg18% · 48th percentile
  • Leavening0.8% · 34th percentile
  • Salt0% · 10th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
60 minutes
median 11 minutes

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