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Chocolate Sugar Cookies (Homemade Oreos)

Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2019 · 24 sandwich cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More salt than 98% of recipes and more fat than 78%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 98% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More fat than 78% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
  • More leavening than 75% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%.
Fat: 73%, 81st percentileSugar: 64%, 49th percentileEgg: 16%, 39th percentileLeavening: 2.2%, 76th percentileSalt: 1.9%, 99th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (16)

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, (room temperature)≈ 227 g
  • 1 ounce cream cheese, (room temperature)28 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
  • ¼ cup Dutch-process cocoa powder≈ 22 g
  • ¼ cup black cocoa *≈ 22 g
  • ⅛ teaspoon espresso powder ((optional))≈ 0.3 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, (room temperature)≈ 114 g
  • ½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
  • 3 cups powdered sugar≈ 360 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 2 teaspoons milk or cream, (more or less as needed for desired consistency)≈ 10 g

flour 313 gbatter 880 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
  • Sugar64% · 49th percentile
  • Egg16% · 39th percentile
  • Leavening2.2% · 76th percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 99th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
8 to 10 minutes
median 11 minutes

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