Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies (Copycat Recipe)

Name: Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies (Copycat Recipe)
Cook time: 24 min
Yield: 8 cookies
Ingredients: 0.5 cup unsalted butter; 0.25 cup light brown sugar; 0.25 cup dark brown sugar; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp salt; 1.75 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 each eggs; 2.25 cup all-purpose flour; 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1.5 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Unknown · onceuponachef.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

These Levain-style chocolate chip cookies deliver everything you love about the bakery classic.

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

thickvery chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(1 stick, at cool room temperature)0.5 cup (114g)

light brown sugar(packed)0.25 cup (35g)

dark brown sugar(packed)0.25 cup (35g)

granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)

vanilla extract1 tbsp (13g)

salt1 tsp (3g)

baking powder1.75 tsp (8g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

eggs2 each (100g)

all-purpose flour(preferably King Arthur)2.25 cup (281g)

semi-sweet chocolate chips(best quality such as Ghirardelli)12 oz (340g)

coarsely chopped walnuts1.5 cup (210g)

Total dough weight1.2kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 22-24 min
Chill: 12 hr
Yield: ~8 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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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:Fat2.48 (89th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.65 (81th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0.70 (48th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.36 (78th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.21 (78th percentile)

Fat %9.12 (12th percentile)

Sugar %13.7 (14th percentile)

Hydration0.36 (71th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.48

Flour:Sugar

1.65

Brown:White Sugar

0.70

Egg:Flour

0.36

Chocolate:Flour

1.21

Fat %

9.12

Sugar %

13.7

Flour %

22.6

Hydration