Taylor Swift's Chai Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (20)

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 114 g
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (I like canola or sunflower oil)≈ 109 g
• 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar100 g
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger≈ 3.9 g
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice≈ 1.3 g
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom≈ 0.7 g
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves≈ 0.3 g
• Pinch of fresh cracked black pepper≈ 0.4 g
• 1 large egg≈ 50 g
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract or the seeds of 1 vanilla bean pod≈ 8 g
• 2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour250 g
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• Cinnamon sugar for rollingn/a
• 1 1/2 cups (180 grams) powdered sugar180 g
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, plus more for sprinkling the top of the cookies≈ 0.7 g
• 3 tablespoons whole milk or eggnog≈ 46 g

flour 250 gbatter 707 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.

• Fat89% · 95th percentile · median 61%
• Sugar64% · 49th percentile · median 64%
• Egg20% · 64th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening1.8% · 65th percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.8% · 58th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

12 to 14 minutes

median 11 minutes