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Hershey's Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Averie Sunshine · averiecooks.com · Original Recipe

An old-time recipe that's a keeper!! Chocolaty, buttery, soft cookie PERFECTION!! If you need a recipe so your cookies stay ultra soft for days, this is the one!!

3

chewiness

3

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

butter )(softened (2 sticks, I use unsalted)1 cup (227g)
light brown sugar(packed)0.75 cup (105g)
granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)
light corn syrup(light-colored, not lite)0.25 cup (82g)
egg1 each (50g)
vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
all-purpose flour2.5 cup (313g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
salt0.25 tsp (1g)
chocolate chips(I use semi-sweet, original recipe uses milk)12 oz (340g)
Total dough weight1.2kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
room temp
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
13-15 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~20 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.2. 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:Fat1.38 (38th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.09 (28th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.05 (57th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.16 (28th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.09 (71th percentile)
Fat %18.4 (72th percentile)
Sugar %23.3 (78th percentile)
Hydration0.16 (22th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.38

Flour:Sugar

1.09

Brown:White Sugar

1.05

Egg:Flour

0.16

Chocolate:Flour

1.09

Fat %

18.4

Sugar %

23.3

Flour %

25.4

Hydration

0.16