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The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Ali · gimmesomeoven.com · Original Recipe

My all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe! See notes above for possible ingredient variations, plus options for how to store your cookies and dough.

3

chewiness

1

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

butter(115 grams, softened to room temperature)0.5 cup (114g)
packed light brown sugar(110 grams)0.5 cup (70g)
granulated sugar(65 grams)0.333 cup (67g)
egg1 each (50g)
vanilla extract(store-bought or homemade)2 tsp (8g)
all-purpose flour(180 grams)1.5 cup (188g)
cornstarch2 tsp (5g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
salt0.25 tsp (1g)
semisweet chocolate chips(170 grams)1 cup (170g)
flaky sea salt1 each (6g)
Total dough weight684g

Process

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

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 0.6. 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:Fat1.65 (64th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.37 (58th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.05 (55th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.27 (53th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.91 (55th percentile)
Fat %16.6 (56th percentile)
Sugar %20.0 (53th percentile)
Hydration0.27 (45th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

1.37

Brown:White Sugar

1.05

Egg:Flour

0.27

Chocolate:Flour

0.91

Fat %

16.6

Sugar %

20.0

Flour %

27.4

Hydration

0.27