Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 11 min
Yield: 9 cookies
Ingredients: 0.75 cup all-purpose flour; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 0.5 each salt; 0.25 cup unsalted butter; 0.5 cup brown sugar; 0.25 cup sourdough starter discard; 1 each egg yolk; 1.5 tsp vanilla extract; 0.333 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Kayla Burton · brokenovenbaking.com · 2022 · Original Recipe

These soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies are the best way to use up your sourdough discard!

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balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour0.75 cup (94g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

salt(scant = a little less)0.5 each (3g)

unsalted butter(room temperature)0.25 cup (57g)

brown sugar(light or dark, packed)0.5 cup (70g)

sourdough starter discard(unfed)0.25 cup (35g)

egg yolk(room temperature)1 each (18g)

vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)

semi-sweet chocolate chips0.333 cup (57g)

Total dough weight343g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: yolks only
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 9-11 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~9 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.1. 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:Fat1.65 (62th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.34 (62th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.19 (32th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.60 (24th percentile)

Fat %16.6 (58th percentile)

Sugar %20.4 (52th percentile)

Hydration0.19 (25th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

1.34

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.19

Chocolate:Flour

0.60

Fat %

16.6

Sugar %

20.4

Flour %

27.4

Hydration