Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 45 cookies
Ingredients: 2 cup all-purpose flour; 0.75 tsp baking soda; 2 stick unsalted butter; 1 cup sugar; 0.667 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tsp fine sea salt; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 each eggs; 12 oz bittersweet chocolate; 1 cup walnuts

null · food52.com · Original Recipe

I've been making these for decades. If they look like Toll House Cookies, it’s because that recipe, the mother of so many chocolate-chippers, was my starting point. These spread more than Toll House c

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(272 grams)2 cup (272g)

baking soda0.75 tsp (5g)

unsalted butter(8 ounces; 226 grams, at room temperature)2 stick (226g)

sugar(200 grams)1 cup (200g)

packed brown sugar(133 grams)0.667 cup (133g)

fine sea salt1 tsp (3g)

pure vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

eggs(at room temperature)2 each (100g)

bittersweet chocolate(340 grams)12 oz (340g)

walnuts(120 grams, preferably toasted (optional))1 cup (120g)

Total dough weight1.4kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 375°F (191°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: 30 min
Yield: ~45 cookies

Recipe Radar

How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.

Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.6. 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:Fat1.20 (23th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.82 (13th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0.67 (43th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.37 (84th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.25 (82th percentile)

Fat %16.1 (51th percentile)

Sugar %23.7 (74th percentile)

Hydration0.37 (77th percentile)

Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.20

Flour:Sugar

0.82

Brown:White Sugar

0.67

Egg:Flour

0.37

Chocolate:Flour

1.25

Fat %

16.1

Sugar %

23.7

Flour %

19.3

Hydration