Salted Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Salted Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 30 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup salted butter; 1.25 cup packed light; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 2 each eggs; 1 each egg yolk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 0.75 tsp table salt; 2 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1 each flaky sea salt

Mel Gunnell · melskitchencafe.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

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Ingredients

salted butter1 cup (227g)

packed light1.25 cup (175g)

granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)

eggs2 each (100g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

all-purpose flour3 cup (375g)

baking powder1 tsp (5g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

table salt0.75 tsp (2g)

semisweet chocolate chips2 cup (340g)

flaky sea salt(optional, for sprinkling)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight1.4kg

Process

Mixing: brown butter
Butter: browned
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~30 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.9. 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:Fat1.65 (65th percentile)

Flour:Sugar3.75 (98th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.32 (66th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.91 (53th percentile)

Fat %16.7 (60th percentile)

Sugar %7.36 (2th percentile)

Hydration0.32 (59th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

3.75

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.32

Chocolate:Flour

0.91

Fat %

16.7

Sugar %

7.36

Flour %

27.6

Hydration