Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (16)

• 1 1/2 cups (180g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour180 g
• 1/2 cup (57g) confectioners' sugar57 g
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder≈ 0.6 g
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda≈ 0.8 g
• 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter, cold; cut into 1/2" cubes113 g
• 1 large egg≈ 50 g
• 1 tablespoon milk≈ 15 g
• 1 1/2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 6 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 1 tablespoon cream cheese, softened≈ 15 g
• 1 1/3 cups (151g) confectioners' sugar151 g
• pinch of table salt≈ 0.4 g
• 1/2 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract or 1/4 vanilla bean, seeds scraped; optional≈ 2.1 g
• 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons (21g to 28g) milk21 g
• natural food coloring, optionaln/a
• sprinkles or colored sugars, optionaln/a

flour 180 gbatter 425 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.

• Fat63% · 61st percentile · median 61%
• Sugar32% · 3rd percentile · median 64%
• Egg28% · 89th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening0.8% · 34th percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.8% · 58th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

325°F / 165°C

median 350°F

Time

14 to 18 minutes

median 11 minutes