Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 24 min
Yield: 17 cookies
Ingredients: 2 cup light brown sugar; 2 tsp table salt; 16 tbsp unsalted butter; 0.5 cup milk; 2.75 cup king arthur unbleached bread flour; 2 each eggs; 1 tbsp king arthur pure vanilla extract; 1.75 tsp baking powder; 0.25 tsp baking soda; 2 cup semisweet chocolate

Molly Marzalek-Kelly · kingarthurbaking.com · 2023 · Original Recipe

When we set out to make a chocolate chip cookie worthy of the title 2024 Recipe of the Year, we knew we had to create a version that combined ingredients and techniques in never-before-seen ways. This

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Ingredients

light brown sugar(426g, packed)2 cup (426g)

table salt2 tsp (6g)

unsalted butter(226g, cut into 1" pieces)16 tbsp (227g)

milk(113g, whole preferred)0.5 cup (113g)

king arthur unbleached bread flour(330g, divided)2.75 cup (330g)

eggs(cold from the refrigerator)2 each (100g)

king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tbsp (13g)

baking powder1.75 tsp (8g)

baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)

semisweet chocolate(340g, preferably 60% to 65% cocoa content*)2 cup (340g)

Total dough weight1.6kg

Process

Mixing: melted butter
Butter: melted
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 22-24 min
Chill: 72 hr
Yield: ~17 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.8. 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:Fat1.45 (47th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.78 (10th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.30 (64th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.03 (65th percentile)

Fat %14.5 (39th percentile)

Sugar %27.2 (90th percentile)

Hydration0.65 (95th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.45

Flour:Sugar

0.78

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.30

Chocolate:Flour

1.03

Fat %

14.5

Sugar %

27.2

Flour %

21.1

Hydration

0.65

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