Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (15)

• 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)375 g
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
• 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
• 1 cup (16 Tbsp; 226g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature226 g
• 2 ounces (57g) full-fat brick cream cheese, softened to room temperature57 g
• 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar200 g
• 1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract≈ 2.1 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• optional: 1/2 cup granulated sugar for rolling≈ 100 g
• 4 ounces (113g) full-fat brick cream cheese, softened to room temperature113 g
• 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp; 56g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature56 g
• 2 cups (240g) confectioners’ sugar240 g
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
• sprinklesn/a

flour 375 gbatter 928 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.

• Fat60% · 46th percentile · median 61%
• Sugar53% · 28th percentile · median 64%
• Egg13% · 20th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening1.8% · 65th percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.8% · 58th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

13 to 15 minutes

median 11 minutes