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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · Original Recipe

My best chocolate chip cookie recipe! These homemade cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with gooey chocolate chips. They're also easy to make. No mixer required!

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

1

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(spooned and leveled)2 cup (250g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
sea salt1 tsp (3g)
unsalted butter(1½ sticks, melted and cooled slightly)0.75 cup (170g)
packed brown sugar0.5 cup (70g)
granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)
egg1 each (50g)
egg yolk1 each (18g)
vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
dark chocolate chips1 each (170g)
Total dough weight846g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~24 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.1. 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:Fat1.47 (50th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.47 (65th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.70 (36th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.27 (57th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.68 (36th percentile)
Fat %20.1 (84th percentile)
Sugar %20.1 (54th percentile)
Hydration0.27 (49th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.47

Flour:Sugar

1.47

Brown:White Sugar

0.70

Egg:Flour

0.27

Chocolate:Flour

0.68

Fat %

20.1

Sugar %

20.1

Flour %

29.6

Hydration

0.27