← All Recipes

Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Molly Marzalek-Kelly · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe

When we set out to make a chocolate chip cookie worthy of the title 2024 Recipe of the Year, we knew we had to create a version that combined ingredients and techniques in never-before-seen ways. This

4

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

chewy

Ingredients

light brown sugar(426g, packed)2 cup (280g)
table salt2 tsp (6g)
unsalted butter(226g, cut into 1" pieces)16 tbsp (227g)
milk(113g, whole preferred)0.5 cup (122g)
king arthur unbleached bread flour(330g, divided)2.75 cup (349g)
eggs(cold from the refrigerator)2 each (100g)
king arthur pure vanilla extract1 tbsp (13g)
baking powder1.75 tsp (8g)
baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)
semisweet chocolate(340g, preferably 60% to 65% cocoa content*)2 cup (280g)
Total dough weight1.4kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
22-24 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~17 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.

Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.8. 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:Fat1.54 (54th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.25 (45th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar999 (93th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.29 (60th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.80 (43th percentile)
Fat %16.4 (53th percentile)
Sugar %20.2 (55th percentile)
Hydration0.64 (95th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.54

Flour:Sugar

1.25

Brown:White Sugar

999

Egg:Flour

0.29

Chocolate:Flour

0.80

Fat %

16.4

Sugar %

20.2

Flour %

25.2

Hydration

0.64