Lofthouse Sugar Cookies (Less Sweet)
Michelle · siftandsimmer.com · 2024 · 12
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less sugar than 94% of recipes and less fat than 87%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 94% of recipes: 37% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- Less fat than 87% of recipes: 43% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- No salt at all, where 80% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.1% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (13)
- 270 g cake flour270 g
- 1/2 tsp baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- 1/4 tsp baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 115 g salted butter (room temperature)115 g
- 100 g granulated sugar100 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 50 ml sour cream≈ 49 g
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 6 g
- 1/4 tsp almond extract (optional)≈ 1.1 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 230 g powdered sugar230 g
- 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- gel food color (optional)n/a
- assorted sprinkles (jimmies or nonpareils)n/a
flour 270 gbatter 595 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.
- Fat43% · 13th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar37% · 5th percentile · median 64%
- Egg19% · 55th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.4% · 52nd percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0% · 10th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 8 to 9 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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