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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

No time to make everyone's favorite, chocolate chip cookies? This dough comes together in a flash — just spread it in a pan and bake; no need to shape individual cookies.

4

chewiness

2

crispiness

3

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

chewyvery chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(156g)11 tbsp (156g)
light brown sugar(454g, packed)2 cup (280g)
table salt1 tsp (3g)
king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
butterscotch flavor(optional)0.25 tsp (1g)
eggs3 each (150g)
baking powder2.25 tsp (10g)
espresso powder(optional)0.5 tsp (1g)
king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour(330g)2.75 cup (344g)
chocolate chips(510g)3 cup (510g)
Total dough weight1.5kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
32-34 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~24 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.0. 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:Fat2.20 (81th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.23 (43th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar999 (93th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.44 (94th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.48 (89th percentile)
Fat %10.7 (16th percentile)
Sugar %19.2 (47th percentile)
Hydration0.44 (87th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.20

Flour:Sugar

1.23

Brown:White Sugar

999

Egg:Flour

0.44

Chocolate:Flour

1.48

Fat %

10.7

Sugar %

19.2

Flour %

23.6

Hydration

0.44