Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 17 min
Yield: 18 cookies
Ingredients: 1.75 cup all-purpose flour; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp sea salt; 11 tbsp unsalted butter; 0.75 cup packed brown sugar; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 1 each egg yolk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 0.25 tsp espresso powder; 1.75 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 each flaky sea salt

Joanne Gallagher · inspiredtaste.net · 2025 · Original Recipe

This chocolate chip cookie recipe is a family favorite, probably our most loved cookies on Inspired Taste. I love the rich flavor browned butter brings, but feel free to save time and use plain melted

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very chocolatey

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(220g, spooned and leveled)1.75 cup (219g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

sea salt0.5 tsp (2g)

unsalted butter(155g)11 tbsp (156g)

packed brown sugar(150g)0.75 cup (150g)

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

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

egg yolk(at room temperature)1 each (18g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

espresso powder(optional)0.25 tsp (1g)

semi-sweet chocolate chips(226g)1.75 cup (226g)

flaky sea salt1 each (6g)

Total dough weight939g

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 325°F (163°C)
Bake Time: 15-17 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~18 cookies

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.2. 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:Fat1.40 (44th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.88 (17th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.50 (80th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.31 (65th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.03 (65th percentile)

Fat %16.6 (59th percentile)

Sugar %26.6 (88th percentile)

Hydration0.31 (57th percentile)

Bake Temp325 (5th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.40

Flour:Sugar

0.88

Brown:White Sugar

1.50

Egg:Flour

0.31

Chocolate:Flour

1.03

Fat %

16.6

Sugar %

26.6

Flour %

23.3

Hydration