Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies
Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2023 · 40 cookies (depending on size)
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
No salt, unlike 80% of recipes and less sugar than 77%.
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%.
Ingredients (11)
- 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 flour572 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup (170 grams) semisweet or white chocolate chips170 g
- 2 teaspoons refined coconut oil or shortening≈ 9 g
- Food coloring, if using white chocolate, (if desired)n/a
- Sprinkles, for decorating, (if desired)n/a
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 · median 61%
- Sugar52% · 22nd percentile · median 64%
- Egg18% · 48th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0.8% · 34th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0% · 10th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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