The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

Name: The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 0.75 cup light brown sugar; 0.5 cup unsalted butter; 1 each egg; 1 each egg yolk; 1 tsp kosher salt; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 3 oz milk chocolate; 3.5 oz dark chocolate; 0.5 cup kettle cooked salted potato chips; 1 each flaky salt

Chef Joshua Weissman · joshuaweissman.com · 2026 · Original Recipe

chewiness

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richness

sweetness

complexity

chewyvery chocolatey

Ingredients

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

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

unsalted butter(113g, melted)0.5 cup (114g)

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

kosher salt(5g)1 tsp (5g)

baking soda(~1g)0.5 tsp (1g)

vanilla extract(10mL)2 tsp (8g)

all-purpose flour(206g)1 cup (206g)

milk chocolate(85g, roughly chopped)3 oz (85g)

dark chocolate(99g, roughly chopped *See Notes*)3.5 oz (99g)

kettle cooked salted potato chips(15g, crushed coarsely by hand *optional*)0.5 cup (15g)

flaky salt(for finishing)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight857g

Process

Mixing: melted butter
Butter: melted
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: 12 hr
Yield: ~24 cookies

Recipe Radar

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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:Fat1.81 (73th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.82 (13th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.50 (80th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.33 (73th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.97 (59th percentile)

Fat %13.2 (27th percentile)

Sugar %29.2 (95th percentile)

Hydration0.33 (66th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.81

Flour:Sugar

0.82

Brown:White Sugar

1.50

Egg:Flour

0.33

Chocolate:Flour

0.97

Fat %

13.2

Sugar %

29.2

Flour %

24.0

Hydration