New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 22 min
Yield: 18 cookies
Ingredients: 2 cup cake flour; 1.667 cup bread flour; 1.25 tsp baking soda; 1.5 tsp baking powder; 1.5 tsp coarse salt; 1.25 cup unsalted butter; 1.25 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 cup granulated sugar; 2 each eggs; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1.25 lb bittersweet chocolate disks; 1 each sea salt

Jamie · mybakingaddiction.com · 2019 · Original Recipe

My favorite chocolate chip cookies are big, dense, chocolatey and chewy. This New York Times chocolate chip cookie recipe is truly the best – I have yet to try a better cookie!

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Ingredients

cake flour2 cup (228g)

bread flour1.667 cup (212g)

baking soda1.25 tsp (8g)

baking powder1.5 tsp (7g)

coarse salt1.5 tsp (5g)

unsalted butter1.25 cup (284g)

packed light brown sugar1.25 cup (175g)

granulated sugar1 cup (200g)

eggs2 each (100g)

pure vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

bittersweet chocolate disks(at least 60 percent cacao content (see note below)1.25 lb (500g)

sea salt(sometimes I add this, sometimes I don't)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight1.7kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 20-22 min
Chill: 36 hr
Yield: ~18 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 0.7. 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:Fat1.55 (56th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.17 (44th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0.88 (54th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.23 (42th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.14 (74th percentile)

Fat %16.4 (56th percentile)

Sugar %21.7 (61th percentile)

Hydration0.23 (34th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.55

Flour:Sugar

1.17

Brown:White Sugar

0.88

Egg:Flour

0.23

Chocolate:Flour

1.14

Fat %

16.4

Sugar %

21.7

Flour %

25.4

Hydration