Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 22 min
Yield: 8 cookies
Ingredients: 1 stick unsalted butter; 0.25 cup granulated sugar; 0.667 cup packed light brown sugar; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 1.25 cup all-purpose flour (unsifted); 0.5 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp kosher salt; 0.125 tsp cinnamon; 1 each egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 oz best quality dark chocolate; 3 tbsp nutella; 1 each flaky sea salt

Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2024 · Original Recipe

These brown butter chocolate chip cookies are over the top: big and chewy, with nutty brown butter, chocolate chunks, topped with flaky sea salt (Nutella swirl optional). Our friends and family agree,

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balancedclassic

Ingredients

unsalted butter(½ cup)1 stick (113g)

granulated sugar0.25 cup (50g)

packed light brown sugar0.667 cup (93g)

neutral oil2 tbsp (18g)

all-purpose flour (unsifted)(175g)1.25 cup (175g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

kosher salt0.5 tsp (2g)

cinnamon0.125 tsp (0g)

egg(plus 1 egg yolk)1 each (50g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

best quality dark chocolate(60%)4 oz (113g)

nutella(optional but recommended)3 tbsp (27g)

flaky sea salt(Maldon, for finishing)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight654g

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 20-22 min
Chill: 60 min
Yield: ~8 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.4. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.34 (36th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.22 (49th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.87 (84th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.29 (61th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.65 (29th percentile)

Fat %20.0 (87th percentile)

Sugar %21.9 (62th percentile)

Hydration0.29 (54th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.34

Flour:Sugar

1.22

Brown:White Sugar

1.87

Egg:Flour

0.29

Chocolate:Flour

0.65

Fat %

20.0

Sugar %

21.9

Flour %

26.7

Hydration