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Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Unknown · epicurious.com · Original Recipe

These cookies are on the flat and crispy side of the cookie spectrum, with soft centers and pockets of molten chocolate throughout. In our quest for the ultimate chocolate chip cookie, our test kitche

3

chewiness

4

crispiness

3

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

3

sweetness

2

complexity

crispyvery chocolatey

Ingredients

all-purpose flour1.5 cup (188g)
baking powder1 tsp (5g)
kosher salt0.5 tsp (2g)
baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)
eggs2 each (100g)
vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
unsalted butter(room temperature)10 tbsp (142g)
granulated sugar0.75 cup (150g)
light brown sugar(packed)0.75 cup (105g)
semisweet chocolate(about 1 1/2 cups)8 oz (227g)
Total dough weight923g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
375°F (191°C)
Bake Time
30-32 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~3 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.3. 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:Fat1.32 (35th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.73 (6th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.70 (36th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.53 (96th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.21 (79th percentile)
Fat %15.4 (45th percentile)
Sugar %27.6 (92th percentile)
Hydration0.53 (92th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.32

Flour:Sugar

0.73

Brown:White Sugar

0.70

Egg:Flour

0.53

Chocolate:Flour

1.21

Fat %

15.4

Sugar %

27.6

Flour %

20.3

Hydration

0.53