Thick, Soft, and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Thick, Soft, and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 36 cookies
Ingredients: 2.5 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp salt; 0.5 cup real butter; 0.5 cup shortening; 1.5 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 2 tsp vanilla; 2 each eggs; 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 cup chopped nuts

Marg (CaymanDesigns) · food.com · 2004 · Original Recipe

I moved out of the house in 1992 but my dad still insist I make his chocolate chip cookies for him. After much searching these are the ones we deemed "best". Soft and chewy but with a lightly crisp ou

chewiness

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cakeyness

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richness

sweetness

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour2.5 cup (313g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

salt0.5 tsp (2g)

real butter(at room temperature)0.5 cup (114g)

shortening0.5 cup (103g)

firmly packed brown sugar1.5 cup (210g)

vanilla2 tsp (6g)

eggs2 each (100g)

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

chopped nuts(optional)1 cup (140g)

Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 375°F (191°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~36 cookies

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.7. 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:Fat1.45 (47th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.49 (71th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.32 (71th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.09 (71th percentile)

Fat %16.2 (54th percentile)

Sugar %15.8 (23th percentile)

Hydration0.32 (63th percentile)

Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.45

Flour:Sugar

1.49

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.32

Chocolate:Flour

1.09

Fat %

16.2

Sugar %

15.8

Flour %

23.5

Hydration