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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe
Purportedly invented back in the 1930s at the Toll House Restaurant (thus the cookie’s alternate name, Toll House Cookies), in Whitman, Massachusetts, the chocolate chip cookie has become an American
3
chewiness
1
crispiness
2
cakeyness
3
thickness
3
spread
2
richness
2
sweetness
3
complexity
balancedclassic
Ingredients
unsalted butter(168g, at room temperature)12 tbsp (170g)
light brown sugar(266g, packed)1.25 cup (175g)
light corn syrup(78g)0.25 cup (82g)
king arthur pure vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
baking powder0.75 tsp (3g)
table salt0.75 tsp (2g)
baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)
egg1 each (50g)
king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour(270g)2.25 cup (281g)
semisweet chocolate wafers(340g)2 cup (280g)
chopped nuts(112g, optional)1 cup (140g)
flaky sea salt(for sprinkling on top)1 each (6g)
Total dough weight1.2kg
Process
- Mixing
- creaming
- Butter
- browned
- Eggs
- whole
- Bake Temp
- 375°F (191°C)
- Bake Time
- 12-14 min
- Chill
- None
- Yield
- ~36 cookies
- Sheet Prep
- parchment
Recipe Radar
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Outlier Profile
Uniqueness score: 2.9. 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 (60th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.09 (29th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar999 (93th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.18 (29th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.00 (63th percentile)
Fat %14.2 (34th percentile)
Sugar %21.4 (65th percentile)
Hydration0.18 (23th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)
Key Ratios
Flour:Fat
1.65
Flour:Sugar
1.09
Brown:White Sugar
999
Egg:Flour
0.18
Chocolate:Flour
1.00
Fat %
14.2
Sugar %
21.4
Flour %
23.4
Hydration
0.18