Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 12 cookies
Ingredients: 1.75 cup all purpose flour; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp kosher salt; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 0.5 cup chilled unsalted butter; 0.75 cup brown sugar; 0.25 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 1.5 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 each semisweet chocolate chunks; 0.25 cup chopped walnuts

Allison Mattina · celebratingsweets.com · 2022 · Original Recipe

Get ready for the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies! These cookies have crisp buttery edges, soft centers, and they're packed with chocolate. No chill time required - freshly baked cookies ready in under 30

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Ingredients

all purpose flour1.75 cup (245g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

kosher salt0.5 tsp (2g)

cornstarch1 tbsp (8g)

chilled unsalted butter(cut into four pieces)0.5 cup (114g)

brown sugar(light or dark)0.75 cup (105g)

granulated sugar0.25 cup (50g)

egg(cold, straight from the fridge)1 each (50g)

pure vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)

semisweet chocolate chunks(or chips, if desired))1 each (170g)

chopped walnuts(optional)0.25 cup (35g)

Total dough weight787g

Process

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

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.3. 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:Fat2.16 (83th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.58 (78th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar2.10 (90th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.20 (38th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.69 (34th percentile)

Fat %14.4 (38th percentile)

Sugar %19.7 (43th percentile)

Hydration0.20 (30th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.16

Flour:Sugar

1.58

Brown:White Sugar

2.10

Egg:Flour

0.20

Chocolate:Flour

0.69

Fat %

14.4

Sugar %

19.7

Flour %

31.1

Hydration