Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies
Melissa Stadler, Modern Honey · modernhoney.com · 2017 · 24 -30
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Close to the middle of 513 sugar cookie recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 66% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 cup Butter (softened)≈ 227 g
- 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons Sugar≈ 225 g
- 2 ounces Cream Cheese (softened)57 g
- 1 Egg≈ 50 g
- 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
- 2 3/4 cups Flour (plus more for rolling out)≈ 344 g
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 cups Powdered Sugar≈ 480 g
- 2 Tablespoons Heavy Cream or Whole Milk≈ 30 g
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract (or 1/2 teaspoon almond, peppermint, or rum extract)≈ 8 g
- Optional: 4 ounces Cream Cheese (softened (adds a little creamy tang and makes the frosting less sweet))113 g
flour 344 gbatter 919 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%
- Sugar65% · 53rd 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
- 7 to 9 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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