Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (18)

• 19 oz all-purpose flour ((4 ¼ cups))539 g
• 1 tsp salt≈ 6 g
• 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
• 12.25 oz granulated sugar ((1 ¾ cups))347 g
• 8 oz unsalted butter ((1 cup) at room temperature)227 g
• 2 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 100 g
• 1 tsp vanilla extract (can substitute lemon or almond extract)≈ 4.2 g
• 1 oz sour cream ((2 TBSP) at room temperature)28 g
• Heart-shaped cookie cutter (about 3 inches wide)n/a
• Piping tips (#2 round tip, small star tip, leaf tip)n/a
• Piping bagsn/a
• Piping bag couplersn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 1.8 oz meringue powder ((6 TBSP))51 g
• 3/4 cup water ((6 fl oz))≈ 178 g
• 24 oz powdered sugar ((6 cups))680 g
• 2 tsp light corn syrup≈ 14 g
• 1/2 tsp almond extract (can substitute lemon or clear vanilla extract)≈ 2.1 g
• Assorted gel food coloring (I use Americolor brand (green, red, pink, or whatever other colors you’d like))n/a

flour 539 gbatter 1256 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.

• Fat42% · 12th percentile · median 61%
• Sugar65% · 52nd percentile · median 64%
• Egg19% · 56th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening0.9% · 38th percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt1.1% · 80th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

10 minutes

median 11 minutes