A sugar cookie primarily contains flour, sugar, butter and eggs. It also requires a leavening agent such as baking soda or baking powder; flavorings such as vanilla are also common ingredients in a sugar cookie. Sugar cookies are most popular during Halloween and Christmas, although they are commercially available at any time of the year.
Serving Information
You can significantly lower the calorie content in a sugar cookie by substituting margarine for butter. This nutritional information applies to a sugar cookie made with margarine. The serving size is one cookie with a diameter of 3 in.
Calories
A sugar cookie contains a total of 66 calories, according to Fatsecret. Carbohydrates account for 33 calories of this total, fat provides 30 calories and protein makes up the remaining three calories. A sugar cookie provides 3.3 percent of the total daily value for calories, based on a daily diet of 2,000 calories.
Fat
Sugar cookies provide a total of 3 g of fat, consisting of 2.6 g of unsaturated fat and .65 g of saturated fat. The fat in a sugar cookie provides 5 percent of the daily value for fat, and 3 percent of the daily value for saturated fat. A sugar cookie also contains 4 mg of cholesterol, which is about 1 percent of the daily value for cholesterol.
Carbohydrates and Protein
A sugar cookie contains a total of 8.4 g of carbohydrates. This total consists of 4.7 g of starch, 3.5 g of sugar and .2 g of dietary fiber. The carbohydrates in a sugar cookie provide about 3 percent of the daily value for carbohydrates and 1 percent of the daily value for fiber. The protein content in a sugar cookie is .8 g, or about 1.6 percent of the daily value for protein.
Vitamins and Minerals
Sugar cookies contain 69 mg of sodium, or about 3 percent of the daily value for sodium. They also have 3 percent of the daily value for vitamin A, 2 percent of the daily value for iron and 1 percent of the daily value for calcium.
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