Triple-Ginger Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Name: Triple-Ginger Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp salt; 1.5 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.25 tsp ground cloves; 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder; 0.75 cup unsalted butter; 0.667 cup packed light; 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger; 2 each egg yolks; 0.5 cup unsulphured molasses; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 8 oz dark chocolate chunks; 0.333 cup coarsely chopped candied ginger; 1 each granulated sugar

null · food52.com · Original Recipe

I'm kind of famous for these cookies. The first version was created many years ago, when I was food editor at Martha Stewart Living. They were a favorite of the staff, and even ended up gracing the co

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Ingredients

all-purpose flour(285 grams/10 ounces)2 cup (285g)

baking soda2 tsp (12g)

salt0.5 tsp (2g)

ground ginger1.5 tsp (5g)

ground cinnamon1 tsp (3g)

ground cloves0.25 tsp (1g)

unsweetened cocoa powder1 tbsp (5g)

unsalted butter(1 1/2 sticks, softened)0.75 cup (170g)

packed light0.667 cup (93g)

grated fresh ginger1 tbsp (9g)

egg yolks2 each (36g)

unsulphured molasses0.5 cup (170g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

dark chocolate chunks(chop a quality chocolate bar for the best results)8 oz (227g)

coarsely chopped candied ginger0.333 cup (47g)

granulated sugar1 each (200g)

Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: yolks only
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: 12 hr
Yield: ~24 cookies

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.9. 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:Fat1.68 (68th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.77 (9th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.13 (26th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.81 (43th percentile)

Fat %13.4 (29th percentile)

Sugar %29.2 (95th percentile)

Hydration0.13 (20th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.68

Flour:Sugar

0.77

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.13

Chocolate:Flour

0.81

Fat %

13.4

Sugar %

29.2

Flour %

22.5

Hydration