Holiday Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
onceuponachef.com · 2021 · 5 dozen (2-in) cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less egg than 92% of recipes and less sugar than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 92% of recipes: 5.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, under a third as much.
- Less sugar than 88% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- More fat than 84% of recipes: 74% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (7)
- 1¼ cups confectioners' sugar≈ 150 g
- 1 cup (2 sticks) + 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 255 g
- 1 large egg yolk≈ 18 g
- ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 1 teaspoon almond extract ((or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract))≈ 4.2 g
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off)≈ 344 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Royal Icing,n/a
flour 344 gbatter 776 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.
- Fat74% · 85th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar44% · 11th percentile · median 64%
- Egg5.2% · 7th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0% · 11th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt1.3% · 88th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 60 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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