Nutmeg Sugar Cookies
Sharon Lehman, RDN · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 7 dozen
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less sugar than 90% of recipes and no leavening, unlike 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 90% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%.
- No leavening at all, where 77% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 2.4% of the flour weight).
- Less egg than 76% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Ingredients (13)
- 1 cup butter, softened≈ 227 g
- 3/4 cup sugar≈ 150 g
- 1 large egg, room temperature≈ 50 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 2.6 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/3 cup butter, softened≈ 76 g
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar≈ 240 g
- 1 teaspoon rum extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 2 to 3 tablespoons half-and-half cream≈ 37 g
- Ground nutmegn/a
flour 375 gbatter 815 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.
- Fat61% · 51st percentile · median 61%
- Sugar40% · 8th percentile · median 64%
- Egg13% · 20th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening0% · 11th percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt0.4% · 33rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 9 to 12 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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