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Easy chocolate chip cookies

Sophie Godwin – Cookery writer · bbcgoodfood.com · Original Recipe

Learn how to make classic chocolate chip cookies and enjoy them still warm from the oven. Perfect for a bake sale or with your afternoon tea.

2

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

butter softened120 g (120g)
light brown sugar75 g (75g)
golden caster sugar75 g (75g)
egg1 each (50g)
vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
plain flour180 g (180g)
bicarbonate of soda0.5 tsp (2g)
dark chocolate cut into chunks150 g (150g)
Total dough weight656g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
room temp
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
12-14 min
Chill
None
Yield
~10 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

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Outlier Profile

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Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.50 (52th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.20 (40th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.00 (50th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.28 (58th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.83 (49th percentile)
Fat %18.3 (71th percentile)
Sugar %22.9 (76th percentile)
Hydration0.28 (50th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.50

Flour:Sugar

1.20

Brown:White Sugar

1.00

Egg:Flour

0.28

Chocolate:Flour

0.83

Fat %

18.3

Sugar %

22.9

Flour %

27.5

Hydration

0.28