Soft Sugar Cookies
jessicagavin.com · 2021 · 22 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less fat than 94% of recipes and less sugar than 85%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 94% of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- Less sugar than 85% of recipes: 48% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Ingredients (16)
- 2 ¾ cups cake flour≈ 314 g
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch≈ 8 g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (softened to 64 to 67ºF (18 to 19ºC))≈ 57 g
- ¼ cup margarine (softened to 65 to 64ºF (18 to 19ºC))≈ 57 g
- 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar≈ 150 g
- 1 large egg (room temperature)≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- ½ teaspoon almond extract≈ 2.1 g
- ¼ cup sour cream (room temperature)≈ 58 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened to 64 to 67ºF (17 to 19ºC))≈ 85 g
- 3 cups powdered sugar≈ 360 g
- 3 tablespoons milk (divided)≈ 46 g
- pink gel color (optional for coloring)n/a
flour 314 gbatter 706 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.
- Fat36% · 6th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar48% · 15th percentile · median 64%
- Egg16% · 36th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.7% · 62nd percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.6% · 45th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 9 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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