Christmas Sugar Cookies

Ingredients (18)

• 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)≈ 227 g
• 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
• 1 large egg (at room temperature)≈ 50 g
• 2 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese (at room temperature (do not use fat free))57 g
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
• ½ teaspoon almond extract≈ 2.1 g
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest≈ 2 g
• 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 3 cups powdered sugar≈ 360 g
• 3-4 tablespoons milk≈ 54 g
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup≈ 41 g
• ¾ teaspoon almond extract≈ 3.2 g
• Food coloringn/a
• Sprinklesn/a
• Colored sugarn/a
• Other decorations as desiredn/a

flour 375 gbatter 924 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%
• Sugar53% · 28th percentile · median 64%
• Egg13% · 20th percentile · median 18%
• Leavening1.8% · 65th percentile · median 1.3%
• Salt0.5% · 39th percentile · median 0.7%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

9 to 11 minutes

median 11 minutes