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Peppermint Frosted Sugar Cookies

Modern Honey® - www.modernhoney.com · modernhoney.com · 2025 · 24

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More salt than 90% of recipes and more sugar than 82%.

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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 90% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
  • More sugar than 82% of recipes: 90% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
  • More leavening than 77% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Fat: 68%, 73rd percentileSugar: 90%, 83rd percentileEgg: 20%, 68th percentileLeavening: 2.3%, 78th percentileSalt: 1.4%, 92nd percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter ((softened))≈ 227 g
  • 1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1 large Egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 large Egg Yolk≈ 18 g
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 2 2/3 cups Flour≈ 333 g
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda≈ 3 g
  • 3/4 teaspoon Salt≈ 4.5 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/2 cup Butter ((softened))≈ 114 g
  • (1) 8-ounce pkg. Cream Cheese ((softened))227 g
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar≈ 360 g
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Peppermint Extract≈ 1.6 g
  • Crushed Candy Canes or Peppermint Bark Crunchn/a

flour 333 gbatter 949 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.

  • Fat68% · 73rd percentile
  • Sugar90% · 83rd percentile
  • Egg20% · 68th percentile
  • Leavening2.3% · 78th percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 92nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
9 to 12 minutes
median 11 minutes

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