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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Allison Mattina · celebratingsweets.com · Original Recipe

Get ready for the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies! These cookies have crisp buttery edges, soft centers, and they're packed with chocolate. No chill time required - freshly baked cookies ready in under 30

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all purpose flour1.75 cup (245g)
baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)
kosher salt0.5 tsp (2g)
cornstarch1 tbsp (8g)
chilled unsalted butter(cut into four pieces)0.5 cup (114g)
brown sugar(light or dark)0.75 cup (105g)
granulated sugar0.25 cup (50g)
egg(cold, straight from the fridge)1 each (50g)
pure vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)
semisweet chocolate chunks(or chips, if desired))1 each (170g)
chopped walnuts(optional)0.25 cup (35g)
Total dough weight787g

Process

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

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 0.8. 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:Fat2.16 (80th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.58 (75th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar2.10 (79th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.20 (39th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.69 (39th percentile)
Fat %14.4 (36th percentile)
Sugar %19.7 (50th percentile)
Hydration0.20 (32th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.16

Flour:Sugar

1.58

Brown:White Sugar

2.10

Egg:Flour

0.20

Chocolate:Flour

0.69

Fat %

14.4

Sugar %

19.7

Flour %

31.1

Hydration

0.20