Recreating Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Recreating Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1.25 cup unsalted butter; 1 lb roughly chopped dark chocolate; 1.5 cup cake flour; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 1.5 tsp kosher salt; 2 tsp cornstarch; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 1.25 cup light brown sugar; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 2 each eggs; 3 each egg yolks; 2 cup roughly chopped

Chef Joshua Weissman · joshuaweissman.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

chewythickvery chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(280g)1.25 cup (280g)

roughly chopped dark chocolate(450g, about 60-70% cacao)1 lb (454g)

cake flour(230g)1.5 cup (230g)

all-purpose flour(275g)2 cup (275g)

kosher salt(5g)1.5 tsp (5g)

cornstarch(8g)2 tsp (8g)

baking soda(6g)0.5 tsp (6g)

light brown sugar(285g)1.25 cup (285g)

granulated sugar(115g)0.5 cup (115g)

eggs2 each (100g)

egg yolks3 each (54g)

roughly chopped(165g, toasted walnuts)2 cup (165g)

Total dough weight2.0kg

Process

Mixing: melted butter
Butter: melted
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 425°F (218°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: 30 min
Yield: ~24 cookies

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 4.3. 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:Fat1.80 (72th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.26 (54th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar2.48 (93th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.30 (64th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.90 (51th percentile)

Fat %14.2 (34th percentile)

Sugar %20.2 (50th percentile)

Hydration0.30 (56th percentile)

Bake Temp425 (100th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.80

Flour:Sugar

1.26

Brown:White Sugar

2.48

Egg:Flour

0.30

Chocolate:Flour

0.90

Fat %

14.2

Sugar %

20.2

Flour %

25.5

Hydration