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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

This easy chocolate cookie recipe is a perfect starting place for bakers: It's a one-bowl recipe that gives you cookies on the table in under an hour. Plus, there are lots of options to come up with y

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(113g, room temperature)8 tbsp (114g)
granulated sugar(85g)0.333 cup (67g)
light brown sugar(71g, packed)0.333 cup (47g)
table salt0.5 tsp (2g)
king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)
baking powder0.5 tsp (2g)
egg1 each (50g)
king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour(180g)1.5 cup (188g)
milk(28g, optional for cakier cookies)2 tbsp (31g)
chips(227g to 340g, nuts, and/or dried fruit, optional)2 cup (280g)
Total dough weight785g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
375°F (191°C)
Bake Time
16-18 min
Chill
None
Yield
~18 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.8. 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:Sugar1.65 (78th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.70 (36th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.27 (53th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.49 (90th percentile)
Fat %14.5 (37th percentile)
Sugar %14.5 (18th percentile)
Hydration0.43 (87th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

1.65

Brown:White Sugar

0.70

Egg:Flour

0.27

Chocolate:Flour

1.49

Fat %

14.5

Sugar %

14.5

Flour %

23.9

Hydration

0.43