The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 0.75 cup unsalted butter; 0.75 cup packed light; 0.25 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 tsp cornstarch; 1 tsp baking soda; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 each semi-sweet chocolate chips

Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2012 · Original Recipe

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Ingredients

unsalted butter(12 Tbsp; 170g, softened to room temperature)0.75 cup (170g)

packed light(150g)0.75 cup (150g)

granulated sugar(50g)0.25 cup (50g)

egg(at room temperature)1 each (50g)

pure vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

all-purpose flour(250g)2 cup (250g)

cornstarch2 tsp (5g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

salt0.5 tsp (2g)

semi-sweet chocolate chips(225g)1 each (225g)

Total dough weight916g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 12-14 min
Chill: 60 min
Yield: ~24 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.7. 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:Fat1.47 (49th percentile)

Flour:Sugar5.00 (99th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.20 (36th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.90 (51th percentile)

Fat %18.6 (78th percentile)

Sugar %5.46 (2th percentile)

Hydration0.20 (28th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.47

Flour:Sugar

5.00

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.20

Chocolate:Flour

0.90

Fat %

18.6

Sugar %

5.46

Flour %

27.3

Hydration