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Recreating Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chef Joshua Weissman · joshuaweissman.com · Original Recipe
4
chewiness
1
crispiness
2
cakeyness
4
thickness
2
spread
2
richness
2
sweetness
3
complexity
chewythickvery chocolatey
Ingredients
unsalted butter(280g)1.25 cup (284g)
roughly chopped dark chocolate(450g, about 60-70% cacao)1 lb (454g)
cake flour(230g)1.5 cup (171g)
all-purpose flour(275g)2 cup (250g)
kosher salt(5g)1.5 tsp (5g)
cornstarch(8g)2 tsp (5g)
baking soda(6g)0.5 tsp (3g)
light brown sugar(285g)1.25 cup (175g)
granulated sugar(115g)0.5 cup (100g)
eggs2 each (100g)
egg yolks3 each (54g)
roughly chopped(165g, toasted walnuts)2 cup (280g)
Total dough weight1.9kg
Process
- Mixing
- creaming
- Butter
- melted
- Eggs
- whole
- Bake Temp
- 425°F (218°C)
- Bake Time
- 10-12 min
- Chill
- 30 min
- Yield
- ~24 cookies
- Sheet Prep
- parchment
Recipe Radar
How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.
Outlier Profile
Uniqueness score: 4.2. 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:Fat1.48 (51th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.53 (72th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.75 (72th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.37 (84th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.08 (68th percentile)
Fat %15.1 (42th percentile)
Sugar %14.6 (19th percentile)
Hydration0.37 (77th percentile)
Bake Temp425 (100th percentile)
Key Ratios
Flour:Fat
1.48
Flour:Sugar
1.53
Brown:White Sugar
1.75
Egg:Flour
0.37
Chocolate:Flour
1.08
Fat %
15.1
Sugar %
14.6
Flour %
22.4
Hydration
0.37