Sugar Cookies
tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2025 · 12
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
Less fat than 96% of recipes and more egg than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 96% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%, about half as much.
- More egg than 83% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
- More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2/3 cup butter or vegetable shortening* (, or 1/3 cup butter and 1/3 cup shortening (123g))123 g
- 1 cup granulated sugar ((200g))200 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1/3 cup milk ((83g))83 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ((5 ml))≈ 4.2 g
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract ((optional, but makes a great flavor ))≈ 1.1 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour ((375g))375 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder ((8 g))8 g
- 1 teaspoon salt ((5 g))5 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 8 ounces cream cheese (, softened (226 g))226 g
- 1/2 cup butter (softened, (113g))113 g
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar ((360-480g))480 g
flour 375 gbatter 899 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.
- Fat33% · 3rd percentile · median 61%
- Sugar53% · 28th percentile · median 64%
- Egg27% · 85th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening2.1% · 73rd percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt1.3% · 88th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 7 to 10 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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