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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makinze Gore · delish.com · Original Recipe

Why is this easy recipe our perfect chocolate chip cookie? It isn't fussy to make, and has a soft chewy center with crispy edges and plenty of chocolate.

3

chewiness

1

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(320 g.)2.667 each (333g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
kosher salt1 tsp (3g)
unsalted butter(2 1/2 sticks, melted)1.25 each (141g)
packed light brown sugar(150 g.)0.75 each (150g)
granulated sugar(100 g.)0.5 each (100g)
eggs2 each (100g)
pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
semisweet chocolate chips(170 g.)1 each (170g)
chocolate wafers(120 g., preferably 70% cacao or higher)1 each (170g)
Total dough weight1.2kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~24 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.1. 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:Fat2.36 (86th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.33 (52th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.50 (70th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.30 (63th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.02 (65th percentile)
Fat %12.0 (21th percentile)
Sugar %21.2 (63th percentile)
Hydration0.30 (55th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.36

Flour:Sugar

1.33

Brown:White Sugar

1.50

Egg:Flour

0.30

Chocolate:Flour

1.02

Fat %

12.0

Sugar %

21.2

Flour %

28.3

Hydration

0.30