Vegan Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Vegan Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 17 min
Yield: 6 cookies
Ingredients: 2 tbsp ground flax seed; 6 tbsp water; 0.5 cup vegan butter; 0.75 cup vegan brown sugar; 0.25 cup vegan cane sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1.25 cup all purpose flour; 0.75 cup cake flour *see notes below); 0.5 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp sea salt; 2 cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 cup walnuts; 1 each salt flakes for topping

Andrew Bernard · makeitdairyfree.com · 2021 · Original Recipe

These delicious Vegan Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfectly crispy on the outside with a warm, gooey center, and super thick middle. You'll beg for more!

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

ground flax seed2 tbsp (18g)

water6 tbsp (54g)

vegan butter(cold, sliced into tbsp pats (115g, ))0.5 cup (114g)

vegan brown sugar(packed (160g, ))0.75 cup (160g)

vegan cane sugar(30g)0.25 cup (30g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

all purpose flour(150g)1.25 cup (150g)

cake flour *see notes below)((90g)0.75 cup (90g)

baking powder0.5 tsp (2g)

sea salt0.5 tsp (2g)

vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips(340g)2 cup (340g)

walnuts((115g, chopped, OPTIONAL))1 cup (115g)

salt flakes for topping(OPTIONAL)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: cold
Eggs: none
Bake Temp: 375°F (191°C)
Bake Time: 15-17 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~6 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 4.6. 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:Fat2.12 (82th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.26 (54th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar5.33 (99th percentile)

Egg:Flour0 (11th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.42 (89th percentile)

Fat %10.5 (15th percentile)

Sugar %17.5 (32th percentile)

Hydration0 (7th percentile)

Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.12

Flour:Sugar

1.26

Brown:White Sugar

5.33

Egg:Flour

Chocolate:Flour

1.42

Fat %

10.5

Sugar %

17.5

Flour %

22.1

Hydration

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