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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

This chocolate and coffee-flavored cookie studded with chocolate chips borders on overload ... but really, is there such a thing as too much chocolate? Rich, aromatic cocoa powder in the dough teams u

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

1

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(113g)8 tbsp (114g)
granulated sugar(67g)0.333 cup (67g)
light brown sugar(53g, packed)0.25 cup (35g)
baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)
table salt0.5 tsp (2g)
espresso powder(optional, to taste)1 tsp (2g)
egg1 each (50g)
king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
dutch-process cocoa(21g, such as Bensdorp Cocoa)0.25 cup (35g)
king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour(150g)1.25 cup (156g)
semisweet chocolate chips(340g to 383g)2 each (340g)
Total dough weight808g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
room temp
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
375°F (191°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
None
Yield
~36 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:Fat1.38 (36th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.54 (72th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.53 (29th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.32 (70th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour2.40 (97th percentile)
Fat %14.1 (33th percentile)
Sugar %12.6 (11th percentile)
Hydration0.32 (63th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.38

Flour:Sugar

1.54

Brown:White Sugar

0.53

Egg:Flour

0.32

Chocolate:Flour

2.40

Fat %

14.1

Sugar %

12.6

Flour %

19.3

Hydration

0.32