Chocolate Chip Cookies - Betty Crocker's 1969 Recipe

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookies - Betty Crocker's 1969 Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 84 cookies
Ingredients: 0.667 cup shortening; 0.667 cup butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 each eggs; 2 tsp vanilla; 3 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 cup chopped nuts; 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Johnsdeere · food.com · 2009 · Original Recipe

My mom has used this recipe for 40 years now and it is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I have ever had. The cookie is crisp around the edges and yet chewy at the same time. I will occasionally o

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balancedclassic

Ingredients

shortening0.667 cup (137g)

butter(softened)0.667 cup (151g)

granulated sugar1 cup (200g)

brown sugar(packed)1 cup (140g)

eggs2 each (100g)

vanilla2 tsp (6g)

all-purpose flour3 cup (375g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

salt1 tsp (3g)

chopped nuts(walnuts or pecans recommended)1 cup (140g)

semi-sweet chocolate chips(12 ounce)1 package (340g)

Total dough weight1.6kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 8-10 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~84 cookies
Sheet Prep: ungreased

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 0.8. 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:Sugar1.10 (36th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0.70 (48th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.27 (54th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.91 (53th percentile)

Fat %18.0 (71th percentile)

Sugar %21.3 (57th percentile)

Hydration0.27 (46th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.30

Flour:Sugar

1.10

Brown:White Sugar

0.70

Egg:Flour

0.27

Chocolate:Flour

0.91

Fat %

18.0

Sugar %

21.3

Flour %

23.5

Hydration