Lemon "Swig" Sugar Cookies with Lemon Frosting
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2019 · 30 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less sugar than 83% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 83% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%.
Ingredients (16)
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar≈ 250 g
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest (from about 3 medium lemons)≈ 12 g
- 1 cup salted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
- 3/4 cup neutral-flavored oil (canola, vegetable, grapeseed, etc)≈ 164 g
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar≈ 90 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar≈ 1.6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 3 to 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice≈ 52 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ((I use unbleached))≈ 688 g
- Granulated sugar for pressing the cookiesn/a
- 1 tablespoon sour cream≈ 14 g
- 1/2 to 1 tablespoon lemon zest (from about 1 medium lemon)≈ 4.5 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 5 cups powdered sugar≈ 600 g
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice≈ 59 g
flour 688 gbatter 1608 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.
- Fat57% · 38th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar50% · 16th percentile · median 64%
- Egg15% · 31st percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0.4% · 25th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.4% · 33rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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