Soft Eggnog Sugar Cookies with Whipped Eggnog Frosting
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2015 · 24 Cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More leavening than 90% of recipes and less egg than 86%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 90% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about twice as much.
- Less egg than 86% of recipes: 12% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Ingredients (18)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 0.7 g
- 3/4 cup salted butter (softened to room temperature)≈ 170 g
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
- 1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar≈ 110 g
- 2 large egg yolks≈ 36 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1/2 cup eggnog (see note)≈ 119 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 6 tablespoons salted butter (softened to room temperature)≈ 85 g
- 3 tablespoons eggnog≈ 44 g
- 1/4 teaspoon rum extract≈ 1.1 g
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 1.1 g
- 2 cups powdered sugar≈ 240 g
- Nutmeg for sprinkling (see note)n/a
flour 313 gbatter 868 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.
- Fat55% · 35th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar67% · 57th percentile · median 64%
- Egg12% · 13th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening2.9% · 92nd percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt1% · 74th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 12 to 13 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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