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Vintage chocolate chip cookies

Valerie Barrett · bbcgoodfood.com · Original Recipe

A simple chocolate chip cookie recipe for soft biscuits with a squidgy middle that will impress family and friends. Make plenty as they're sure to be a hit

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

salted butter softened150 g (150g)
light brown muscovado sugar80 g (80g)
granulated sugar80 g (80g)
vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
egg1 each (50g)
plain flour225 g (225g)
bicarbonate of soda0.5 tsp (2g)
salt0.25 tsp (1g)
chocolate chips200 g (200g)
Total dough weight796g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
None
Yield
~30 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.0. 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:Fat1.50 (52th percentile)
Flour:Sugar2.81 (95th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.22 (41th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.89 (53th percentile)
Fat %18.9 (77th percentile)
Sugar %10.1 (5th percentile)
Hydration0.22 (34th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.50

Flour:Sugar

2.81

Brown:White Sugar

0

Egg:Flour

0.22

Chocolate:Flour

0.89

Fat %

18.9

Sugar %

10.1

Flour %

28.3

Hydration

0.22