Best No Chill Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Kim Lange · thebakingchocolatess.com · 2020 · 20 Cookies

Against 513 sugar cookie recipes

No leavening, unlike 77% of recipes and less egg than 76%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.

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%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

4 sticks unsalted butter, cool from the fridge (not room temperature, (2 cups) )≈ 452 g
2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
2 large eggs, cold (not room temperature)≈ 100 g
1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
6 cups all purpose flour≈ 750 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

6 cups powdered sugar≈ 720 g
1/4 cup whole milk (use more for thinner icing)≈ 61 g
1/3 cup light corn syrup≈ 109 g
1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g
gel food coloring (use whatever colors you want to use. I divided mine into 4 bowls, added color to 3 and left 1 white icing. )n/a
sprinkles, sugarsn/a

flour 750 gbatter 1721 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 513 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.