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Soft Sugar Cookies

savorthebest.com · 2021 · 42 cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

More leavening than 97% of recipes and more salt than 93%.

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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 97% of recipes: 3.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 3 times as much.
  • More salt than 93% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
  • More egg than 81% of recipes: 26% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
  • More sugar than 75% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
Fat: 58%, 40th percentileSugar: 83%, 76th percentileEgg: 26%, 82nd percentileLeavening: 3.9%, 97th percentileSalt: 1.5%, 94th percentileFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1 cup butter (softened (226 grams; 2 sticks))226 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (200 grams)200 g
  • ½ cup powdered sugar (57 grams)57 g
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • 2½ teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 11 g
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract (optional)≈ 1.1 g
  • 3¼ cups all-purpose flour (390 grams)390 g
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar (or colored sugar sprinkles)≈ 67 g

flour 390 gbatter 1073 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% · 40th percentile
  • Sugar83% · 76th percentile
  • Egg26% · 82nd percentile
  • Leavening3.9% · 97th percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 94th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
60 minutes
median 11 minutes

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