Salted Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies

Name: Salted Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 18 cookies
Ingredients: 8 tbsp unsalted butter; 0.5 cup tahini (well stirred); 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 0.5 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 each egg; 1 each egg yolk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup flour; 0.75 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 cup bittersweet chocolate chunks; 1 each flaky sea salt

David · davidlebovitz.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

Adapted from Modern Israeli Cooking: 100 New Recipes for Traditional Classicsby Danielle OronI used chopped chocolate, rather than chocolate chips, for these cookies since I wanted large chunks of ooz

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crispyvery chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(115g, 4 ounces)8 tbsp (115g)

tahini (well stirred)(120ml)0.5 cup (70g)

granulated sugar(100g)0.5 cup (100g)

packed light brown sugar(90g)0.5 cup (90g)

egg(at room temperature)1 each (50g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

flour(150g)1 cup (150g)

baking soda0.75 tsp (5g)

salt1 tsp (3g)

bittersweet chocolate chunks(280g)2 cup (280g)

flaky sea salt1 each (6g)

Total dough weight891g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 325°F (163°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~18 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.7. 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:Fat1.30 (33th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.79 (11th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0.90 (54th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.45 (94th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.87 (95th percentile)

Fat %12.9 (25th percentile)

Sugar %21.3 (58th percentile)

Hydration0.45 (89th percentile)

Bake Temp325 (5th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.30

Flour:Sugar

0.79

Brown:White Sugar

0.90

Egg:Flour

0.45

Chocolate:Flour

1.87

Fat %

12.9

Sugar %

21.3

Flour %

16.8

Hydration