Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (10)

• 2 and 1/3 cups (292g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)292 g
• 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch*≈ 4.1 g
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (use 1 teaspoon if you love cinnamon)≈ 1.3 g
• 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
• 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp; 170g) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled170 g
• 1 and 1/4 cups (250g) packed light or dark brown sugar (I like to use half light + half dark)250 g
• 1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar, for rolling67 g

flour 292 gbatter 783 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.

• Fat58% · 41st percentile · median 61%
• Sugar86% · 78th percentile · median 64%
• Egg17% · 45th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening2.1% · 73rd percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.5% · 39th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

325°F / 165°C

median 350°F

Time

14 to 16 minutes

median 11 minutes