The Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: The Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup light brown sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp molasses; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 1 each egg yolk; 2.25 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips; 0.5 cup coarsely chopped pecans; 1 each coarse sea salt

Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2014 · Original Recipe

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chewy

Ingredients

unsalted butter(16 tablespoons, softened to room temperature)1 cup (227g)

light brown sugar(packed)1 cup (140g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

molasses1 tsp (7g)

granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

all-purpose flour2.25 cup (281g)

salt1 tsp (3g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

bittersweet chocolate chips1 cup (170g)

coarsely chopped pecans0.5 cup (70g)

coarse sea salt(to sprinkle on top)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 12-14 min
Chill: 30 min
Yield: ~24 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.5. 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:Fat1.24 (27th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.14 (40th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.40 (76th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.24 (48th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.60 (25th percentile)

Fat %20.9 (90th percentile)

Sugar %22.7 (68th percentile)

Hydration0.24 (39th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.24

Flour:Sugar

1.14

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.24

Chocolate:Flour

0.60

Fat %

20.9

Sugar %

22.7

Flour %

25.9

Hydration