Christmas Sugar Cookies
Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2025 · 30 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less sugar than 88% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 88% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 66% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)≈ 344 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- ½ teaspoon sea salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, at room temperature)≈ 227 g
- ¾ cup granulated sugar≈ 150 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Royal icing (for decorating, optional (recipe in the notes below))n/a
flour 344 gbatter 787 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.
- Fat66% · 68th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar44% · 11th percentile · median 64%
- Egg15% · 31st percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.3% · 50th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.9% · 67th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 9 to 11 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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