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Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · Original Recipe

Chewy, melty centers, crisp edges, and a rich, nutty brown butter flavor make these some of the best chocolate chip cookies. Best of all, no mixer is required — just simple steps for bakery-worthy coo

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(227 grams)2 stick (226g)
granulated sugar(100 grams)0.5 cup (100g)
lightly packed dark brown sugar(250 grams)1.25 cup (175g)
all-purpose flour(190 grams)1.5 cup (188g)
bread flour(127 grams)1 cup (127g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
baking powder0.25 tsp (1g)
fine sea salt1 tsp (3g)
eggs plus 1 egg yolk(at room temperature)2 each (36g)
vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
semisweet chocolate chips(255 grams)1.5 cup (255g)
semisweet chocolate baking wafers(140 grams)1 cup (140g)
flaky sea salt(optional)1 each (6g)
Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
13-15 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~25 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.3. 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:Fat1.39 (43th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.14 (35th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.75 (72th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.11 (24th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.26 (81th percentile)
Fat %17.8 (66th percentile)
Sugar %21.6 (68th percentile)
Hydration0.11 (19th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.39

Flour:Sugar

1.14

Brown:White Sugar

1.75

Egg:Flour

0.11

Chocolate:Flour

1.26

Fat %

17.8

Sugar %

21.6

Flour %

24.7

Hydration

0.11