No-Spread Christmas Sugar Cookies

leitesculinaria.com · 2021 · 48 cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

Less fat than 95% of recipes and more leavening than 84%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less fat than 95% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
More leavening than 84% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about twice as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (divided)≈ 469 g
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
1/2 teaspoon table salt≈ 3 g
11 tablespoons (5 1/2 oz) salted butter (at room temperature)≈ 156 g
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
2 tablespoons whole milk≈ 31 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract≈ 4.2 g
Corn syrup (heavy cream, or 1 egg white mixed with 1 tablespoon water (optional))n/a
Colored sugar or sprinkles (optiona)n/a

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 469 gbatter 1074 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 513 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.