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Soft Sugar Cookies

plainchicken.com · 2011 · 2 dozen

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More leavening than 95% of recipes and more egg than 92%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 3.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 3 times as much.
  • More egg than 92% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
  • 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: 32%, 94th percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 96th percentileSalt: 0.5%, 39th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
  • 1½ cups sugar≈ 300 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 tsp almond extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2½ tsp baking powder≈ 12 g
  • ¼ tsp salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
  • ⅓ cup sprinkles≈ 79 g

flour 313 gbatter 1044 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
  • Egg32% · 94th percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 96th percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 350°F
Time
10 minutes
median 11 minutes

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