Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe
Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2021 · 2 / about 2 dozen cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More leavening than 92% of recipes and less egg than 84%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 92% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 2.5 times as much.
- Less egg than 84% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Ingredients (14)
- 3 cups (380 grams) all-purpose flour380 g
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda≈ 9 g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 3 g
- ¾ cup vegetable shortening (I used Crisco)≈ 154 g
- ¼ cup (4 tablespoons, 56 grams) unsalted butter softened56 g
- 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar200 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 2 tablespoons whole milk≈ 31 g
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 6 cups (680 grams) powdered sugar, sifted680 g
- 2 teaspoons meringue powder≈ 10 g
- small splash of almond extract (optional)n/a
- 1/2 cup warm water (as needed)≈ 119 g
flour 380 gbatter 893 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.
- Fat55% · 36th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar53% · 23rd percentile · median 64%
- Egg13% · 16th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening3% · 94th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.8% · 58th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 10 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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