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Christmas Sugar Cookies

Modern Honey® - www.modernhoney.com · modernhoney.com · 2022 · 26

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More salt than 98% of recipes and more leavening than 90%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 98% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More leavening than 90% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about twice as much.
  • More sugar than 85% of recipes: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
  • More fat than 78% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Fat: 73%, 81st percentileSugar: 96%, 86th percentileEgg: 22%, 72nd percentileLeavening: 2.9%, 92nd percentileSalt: 1.9%, 99th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter ((barely softened))≈ 227 g
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1 large Egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 Egg Yolk≈ 18 g
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 2 1/2 cups Flour≈ 313 g
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 teaspoon Salt ((reduce the salt to 1/2 teaspoon if using salted butter))≈ 6 g
  • 8 ounce pkg. Cream Cheese * ((softened))227 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/2 cup Butter ((softened))≈ 114 g
  • 3 1/2 to 4 cups Powdered Sugar≈ 450 g
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Bean Paste or Extract≈ 8 g

flour 313 gbatter 1158 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.

  • Fat73% · 81st percentile
  • Sugar96% · 86th percentile
  • Egg22% · 72nd percentile
  • Leavening2.9% · 92nd percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 99th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
7 to 10 minutes
median 11 minutes

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