Vintage chocolate chip cookies

Name: Vintage chocolate chip cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 30 cookies
Ingredients: 150 g salted butter softened; 80 g light brown muscovado sugar; 80 g granulated sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 each egg; 225 g plain flour; 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 0.25 tsp salt; 200 g chocolate chips

Valerie Barrett · bbcgoodfood.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

A simple chocolate chip cookie recipe for soft biscuits with a squidgy middle that will impress family and friends. Make plenty as they're sure to be a hit

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Ingredients

salted butter softened150 g (150g)

light brown muscovado sugar80 g (80g)

granulated sugar80 g (80g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

egg1 each (50g)

plain flour225 g (225g)

bicarbonate of soda0.5 tsp (2g)

salt0.25 tsp (1g)

chocolate chips200 g (200g)

Total dough weight796g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~30 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.3. 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:Fat1.50 (52th percentile)

Flour:Sugar2.81 (95th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.22 (41th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.89 (49th percentile)

Fat %18.9 (80th percentile)

Sugar %10.1 (4th percentile)

Hydration0.22 (33th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.50

Flour:Sugar

2.81

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.22

Chocolate:Flour

0.89

Fat %

18.9

Sugar %

10.1

Flour %

28.3

Hydration