Big & Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Big & Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 0.75 cup sugar; 2 each eggs; 1.5 tsp vanilla extract; 2.667 cup all-purpose flour; 1.25 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 package semisweet chocolate chips; 2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Taste of Home Editorial Team · tasteofhome.com · 2025 · Original Recipe

I developed this recipe for the Taste of Home Test Kitchen. It's our signature chocolate chip cookie that's big, thick and chewy—perfect for dunking. —Irene Yeh, Mequon, Wisconsin

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Ingredients

butter(softened)1 cup (227g)

packed brown sugar1 cup (140g)

sugar0.75 cup (105g)

eggs(room temperature)2 each (100g)

vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)

all-purpose flour2.667 cup (333g)

baking soda1.25 tsp (8g)

salt1 tsp (3g)

semisweet chocolate chips(12 ounces)1 package (340g)

coarsely chopped walnuts(toasted)2 cup (280g)

Total dough weight1.5kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: whole
Bake Temp: 400°F (204°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~24 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.8. 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:Fat1.47 (48th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.36 (64th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.33 (72th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.30 (63th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.02 (65th percentile)

Fat %14.7 (41th percentile)

Sugar %15.9 (24th percentile)

Hydration0.30 (56th percentile)

Bake Temp400 (98th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.47

Flour:Sugar

1.36

Brown:White Sugar

1.33

Egg:Flour

0.30

Chocolate:Flour

1.02

Fat %

14.7

Sugar %

15.9

Flour %

21.6

Hydration