Sugar Cookies
Susan Reid · kingarthurbaking.com · 48 / 3 1 / 2 dozen cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More sugar than 93% of recipes and more salt than 86%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 93% of recipes: 110% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Ingredients (11)
- 3 cups (360g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour360 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt≈ 4.5 g
- 16 tablespoons (227g) unsalted butter227 g
- 1 1/4 cups (248g) granulated sugar248 g
- 2 ounces (57g) cream cheese57 g
- 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract≈ 1.1 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 3/4 cup (149g) sugar, for dredging149 g
flour 360 gbatter 1107 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% · 63rd percentile · median 61%
- Sugar110% · 94th percentile · median 64%
- Egg14% · 26th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.7% · 62nd percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt1.3% · 88th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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