Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 18 cookies
Ingredients: 8 tbsp unsalted butter; 0.333 cup granulated sugar; 0.333 cup light brown sugar; 0.5 tsp table salt; 1 tsp king arthur pure vanilla extract; 0.25 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp baking powder; 1 each egg; 1.5 cup king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 tbsp milk; 2 cup chips

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 2023 · Original Recipe

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very chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(113g, room temperature)8 tbsp (114g)

granulated sugar(85g)0.333 cup (85g)

light brown sugar(71g, packed)0.333 cup (71g)

table salt0.5 tsp (2g)

king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)

baking powder0.5 tsp (2g)

egg1 each (50g)

king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour(180g)1.5 cup (180g)

milk(28g, optional for cakier cookies)2 tbsp (28g)

chips(227g to 340g, nuts, and/or dried fruit, optional)2 cup (227g)

Total dough weight764g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 375°F (191°C)
Bake Time: 10-14 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~18 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.4. 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:Fat1.58 (59th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.15 (42th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0.83 (53th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.28 (59th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.26 (83th percentile)

Fat %14.9 (41th percentile)

Sugar %20.4 (51th percentile)

Hydration0.43 (87th percentile)

Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.58

Flour:Sugar

1.15

Brown:White Sugar

0.83

Egg:Flour

0.28

Chocolate:Flour

1.26

Fat %

14.9

Sugar %

20.4

Flour %

23.6

Hydration

0.43

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