Easter Sugar Cookie Recipe
livewellbakeoften.com · 2026 · 24 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More leavening than 84% of recipes and less egg than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 84% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about twice as much.
- Less egg than 76% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 51% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Ingredients (14)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled (375 grams))375 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup vegetable shortening ((190 grams; I used Crisco))190 g
- 1 cup granulated sugar ((200 grams))200 g
- 1 large egg (at room temperature)≈ 50 g
- 2 tablespoons whole milk ((30 ml))≈ 31 g
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 cups powdered sugar ((480 grams))480 g
- 5 to 6 tablespoons milk (divided (plus more as needed))≈ 84 g
- 4 teaspoons light corn syrup≈ 27 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- Red, yellow, and black gel food coloringn/a
- Pink and yellow sanding sugarn/a
flour 375 gbatter 866 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.
- Fat51% · 27th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar53% · 28th percentile · median 64%
- Egg13% · 20th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening2.5% · 86th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.8% · 58th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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