Sugar Cookie Recipe
janespatisserie.com · 2015 · 35 biscuits
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less egg than 88% of recipes and less sugar than 86%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 88% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
- Less sugar than 86% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
- No salt at all, where 80% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.1% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (8)
- 255 g unsalted butter255 g
- 200 g caster sugar200 g
- 1 tsp vanilla bean extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 medium egg≈ 44 g
- 425 g plain flour ((plus extra for dusting))425 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 egg whites≈ 66 g
- 400-500 g icing sugar500 g
- food colouringsn/a
flour 425 gbatter 928 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.
- Fat60% · 44th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar47% · 14th percentile · median 64%
- Egg10% · 11th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0% · 11th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0% · 10th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 10 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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