Lemon Sugar Cookies
Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2020 · 30
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
No leavening, unlike 77% of recipes and less sugar than 78%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
- Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Ingredients (15)
- 1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) unsalted butter, (softened)227 g
- 1 ¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar250 g
- ¾ cup (94 g) confectioners' sugar94 g
- ¾ cup (168 g) vegetable oil168 g
- 3 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 150 g
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice≈ 10 g
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest≈ 2 g
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar≈ 3.1 g
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 5 ½ cups (688 g) all-purpose flour688 g
- ¾ cup (173 g) sour cream173 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, (softened)113 g
- 4-5 cups (500 g-625 g) confectioners' sugar500 g
- 1 drop yellow food coloring≈ 0.4 g
flour 688 gbatter 1771 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.
- Fat57% · 39th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar50% · 19th percentile · median 64%
- Egg22% · 72nd percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0% · 11th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.6% · 45th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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