Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies
sugarspunrun.com · 2025 · 18 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less fat than 92% of recipes and more salt than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 92% of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- More salt than 90% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (16)
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 114 g
- 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 225 g
- 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk (room temperature preferred)≈ 50 g
- ¼ cup sour cream≈ 58 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract (optional)≈ 1.1 g
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch≈ 16 g
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder≈ 3.5 g
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- ¾ teaspoon table salt≈ 4.5 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 170 g
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar≈ 180 g
- ¼ teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
- Food coloring (optional, I linked to the natural food coloring I use)n/a
- Sprinkles for decorating (optional, I linked to the natural sprinkles I use)n/a
flour 313 gbatter 789 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.
- Fat36% · 6th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar72% · 61st percentile · median 64%
- Egg16% · 39th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.6% · 58th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt1.4% · 92nd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 to 11 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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