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Copycat Levain Bakery Cookies

June Xie · delish.com · Original Recipe

We cracked the recipe for Levain Bakery's famous chocolate chip cookies on Delish.com.

2

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour2 each (250g)
cake flour1.25 each (156g)
baking powder2 tsp (9g)
baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)
kosher salt0.25 tsp (1g)
cold butter(2 sticks, cubed)1 each (113g)
packed brown sugar0.667 each (133g)
granulated sugar0.667 each (133g)
dark chocolate chips2 each (340g)
very coarsely chopped walnuts(lightly toasted)1 each (30g)
eggs(lightly beaten)2 each (100g)
Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
room temp
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
375°F (191°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~8 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.5. 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:Fat3.60 (95th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.52 (71th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.00 (50th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.25 (48th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.84 (49th percentile)
Fat %8.92 (11th percentile)
Sugar %21.0 (62th percentile)
Hydration0.25 (40th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

3.60

Flour:Sugar

1.52

Brown:White Sugar

1.00

Egg:Flour

0.25

Chocolate:Flour

0.84

Fat %

8.92

Sugar %

21.0

Flour %

32.1

Hydration

0.25