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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Jodie Kautzmann · foodandwine.com · Original Recipe

These chocolate chip brown butter cookies are thin, chewy, and deeply flavorful. They pack even more chocolate impact thanks to two varieties: chocolate chips and a chopped bar of chocolate. A final s

3

chewiness

3

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

unsalted butter(2 sticks)1 cup (227g)
all-purpose flour(about 10 5/8 ounces)2.5 cup (313g)
baking powder1 tsp (5g)
kosher salt0.75 tsp (2g)
baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)
packed dark brown sugar1 cup (140g)
granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)
eggs2 each (100g)
vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
bittersweet chocolate chips(about 60% cacao, morsels, or discs)0.75 cup (128g)
bittersweet chocolate(3 1/2-ounce, chopped)1 each (170g)
flaky sea salt(such as Maldon)0.5 tsp (2g)
Total dough weight1.2kg

Process

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

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Outlier Profile

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Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.38 (38th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.30 (50th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.40 (65th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.32 (70th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.95 (60th percentile)
Fat %19.0 (78th percentile)
Sugar %20.1 (53th percentile)
Hydration0.32 (63th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.38

Flour:Sugar

1.30

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.32

Chocolate:Flour

0.95

Fat %

19.0

Sugar %

20.1

Flour %

26.1

Hydration

0.32