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Stacked Sugar Cookie Christmas Trees

Life, Love and Sugar · lifeloveandsugar.com · 2020 · 25 cookie trees

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More leavening than 77% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 77% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%.
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Fat: 63%, 59th percentileSugar: 73%, 62nd percentileEgg: 14%, 27th percentileLeavening: 2.3%, 78th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 58th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (16)

  • 2 3/4 cups (358g) all-purpose flour358 g
  • 1 tsp baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 cup (224g) unsalted butter, room temperature224 g
  • 1 cup + 2 tbsp (233g) granulated sugar233 g
  • 2 tbsp (28g) light brown sugar28 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 4 cups (460g) powdered sugar460 g
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 2-3 tbsp water or milk≈ 38 g
  • Green gel icing colorn/a
  • 2-3 tbsp red and white pearl sprinkles≈ 37 g
  • 16-18 yellow star sprinklesn/a

flour 358 gbatter 913 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% · 59th percentile
  • Sugar73% · 62nd percentile
  • Egg14% · 27th percentile
  • Leavening2.3% · 78th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 58th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
7 to 8 minutes
median 11 minutes

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