BA’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: BA’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 16 cookies
Ingredients: 1.5 cup all-purpose flour; 1.25 tsp diamond crystal; 0.75 tsp baking soda; 0.75 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar; 0.25 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 2 each egg yolks; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 6 oz bittersweet chocolate

Chris Morocco · bonappetit.com · 2019 · Original Recipe

Crisp edges, chewy centers, melty chocolate chunks, and nutty, rich brown-butter flavor—these chocolate chip cookies deliver classic comfort in every bite.

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

chewy

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(200 g, then leveling))1.5 cup (200g)

diamond crystal(4 g)1.25 tsp (4g)

baking soda(4 g)0.75 tsp (4g)

unsalted butter(1½ sticks; 169 g, divided)0.75 cup (170g)

(packed) dark brown sugar(200 g)1 cup (200g)

granulated sugar(50 g)0.25 cup (50g)

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolks2 each (36g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

bittersweet chocolate(170 g)6 oz (170g)

Total dough weight893g

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 375°F (191°C)
Bake Time: 8-10 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~16 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.5. 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:Fat1.18 (22th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.80 (12th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar4.00 (98th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.43 (94th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.85 (46th percentile)

Fat %19.1 (81th percentile)

Sugar %28.0 (92th percentile)

Hydration0.43 (87th percentile)

Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.18

Flour:Sugar

0.80

Brown:White Sugar

4.00

Egg:Flour

0.43

Chocolate:Flour

0.85

Fat %

19.1

Sugar %

28.0

Flour %

22.4

Hydration