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Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kayla Burton · brokenovenbaking.com · Original Recipe

These soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies are the best way to use up your sourdough discard!

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour0.75 cup (94g)
baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)
salt(scant = a little less)0.5 each (3g)
unsalted butter(room temperature)0.25 cup (57g)
brown sugar(light or dark, packed)0.5 cup (70g)
sourdough starter discard(unfed)0.25 cup (35g)
egg yolk(room temperature)1 each (18g)
vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)
semi-sweet chocolate chips0.333 cup (57g)
Total dough weight342g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
9-11 min
Chill
None
Yield
~9 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.

Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.6. 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:Fat1.65 (60th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.34 (56th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar999 (93th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.19 (33th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.60 (27th percentile)
Fat %16.6 (56th percentile)
Sugar %20.4 (57th percentile)
Hydration0.19 (26th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

1.34

Brown:White Sugar

999

Egg:Flour

0.19

Chocolate:Flour

0.60

Fat %

16.6

Sugar %

20.4

Flour %

27.4

Hydration

0.19