Thin and Crispy Sugar Cookies
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2025 · 36 cookies
Against 513 sugar cookie recipes
More fat than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 98%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 513 sugar cookie recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 98% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
- More sugar than 98% of recipes: 137% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 64%, about twice as much.
- More salt than 99% of recipes: 2.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 4 times as much.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%.
Ingredients (8)
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature≈ 227 g
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar≈ 300 g
- 1 large egg (room temp if possible)≈ 50 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 vanilla bean (seeds only)n/a
- 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour*≈ 219 g
- 1 tsp salt≈ 6 g
- 1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
flour 219 gbatter 809 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.
- Fat104% · 99th percentile · median 61%
- Sugar137% · 99th percentile · median 64%
- Egg23% · 75th percentile · median 18%
- Leavening1.4% · 52nd percentile · median 1.3%
- Salt2.7% · 100th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 14 to 15 minutes
- median 11 minutes
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