BEST Easy Sugar Cookies
lecremedelacrumb.com · 2020 · 24 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More fat than 89% of recipes and no leavening, unlike 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 89% of recipes: 81% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
- Less egg than 84% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 cups butter (at room temperature)≈ 454 g
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or 1 teaspoon vanilla + 1 teaspoon almond extract)≈ 13 g
- 4 large egg yolks≈ 72 g
- 4 ½ cups all purpose flour≈ 563 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 ounces cream cheese (softened)57 g
- ½ cup (8 tablespoons) butter (softened)≈ 114 g
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (or vanilla extract)≈ 4.2 g
- ⅛ teaspoon salt≈ 0.8 g
- 6 cups powdered sugar≈ 720 g
- ⅓ cup milk (or as needed)≈ 81 g
- food coloring (optional)n/a
flour 563 gbatter 1404 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.
- Fat81% · 90th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar53% · 28th percentile · median 64%
- Egg13% · 15th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0% · 11th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.5% · 39th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 9 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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