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The Chewy
Alton Brown · Good Eats / Food Network · 2000 · Original Recipe
Part of Alton Brown's iconic 'Three Chips for Sister Marsha' episode. Designed scientifically for maximum chewiness: melted butter, bread flour, more brown sugar, extra egg yolk. No creaming = less air = denser, chewier texture.
5
chewiness
1
crispiness
1
cakeyness
3
thickness
3
spread
4
richness
4
sweetness
3
complexity
ultra chewydensemoistbrown sugar forwardno air incorporationmelted butter
Ingredients
bread flour2.25 cups (281g)
butter(melted)2 sticks (226g)
granulated sugar0.5 cups (100g)
packed light brown sugar1 cups (220g)
egg1 each (50g)
egg yolk1 each (18g)
vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)
whole milk1 tbsp (15g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
kosher salt1 tsp (4g)
semi-sweet chocolate chips12 oz (340g)
Total dough weight1.3kg
Process
- Mixing
- melted butter
- Butter
- melted
- Eggs
- mixed
- Bake Temp
- 375°F (191°C)
- Bake Time
- 9-11 min
- Chill
- None
- Yield
- ~48 cookies
- Sheet Prep
- parchment
Recipe Radar
How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.
Outlier Profile
Uniqueness score: 1.7. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.
Percentile Rankings
Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.
Flour:Fat1.24 (30th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.88 (13th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar2.20 (81th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.24 (46th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.21 (79th percentile)
Fat %17.4 (64th percentile)
Sugar %24.6 (85th percentile)
Hydration0.30 (55th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)
Key Ratios
Flour:Fat
1.24
Flour:Sugar
0.88
Brown:White Sugar
2.20
Egg:Flour
0.24
Chocolate:Flour
1.21
Fat %
17.4
Sugar %
24.6
Flour %
21.6
Hydration
0.30