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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