Just 4 Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Just 4 Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 16 min
Yield: 4 cookies
Ingredients: 0.25 cup brown sugar; 3 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 each egg yolk; 0.25 tsp king arthur pure vanilla extract; 0.25 tsp table salt; 0.062 tsp baking soda; 0.5 cup all-purpose flour; 0.333 cup chocolate chips

David Turner · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

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Ingredients

brown sugar(54g, packed)0.25 cup (54g)

unsalted butter(43g, at room temperature)3 tbsp (43g)

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

king arthur pure vanilla extract0.25 tsp (1g)

table salt0.25 tsp (1g)

baking soda(pinch)0.062 tsp (0g)

all-purpose flour(60g)0.5 cup (60g)

chocolate chips(57g)0.333 cup (57g)

Total dough weight234g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: yolks only
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 14-16 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~4 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.2. 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:Fat1.41 (45th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.11 (37th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.30 (63th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.94 (57th percentile)

Fat %18.2 (74th percentile)

Sugar %23.1 (70th percentile)

Hydration0.30 (56th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.41

Flour:Sugar

1.11

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.30

Chocolate:Flour

0.94

Fat %

18.2

Sugar %

23.1

Flour %

25.7

Hydration