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The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies

Melissa Stadler · modernhoney.com · Original Recipe

Here's a tried and true chocolate chip cookie recipe that will impress everyone!

3

chewiness

1

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

cold butter(cut into cubes, if you want a slightly thinner cookie, microwave for 7-8 seconds)1 cup (227g)
brown sugar1 cup (140g)
sugar0.75 cup (105g)
eggs2 each (100g)
vanilla2 tsp (6g)
flour(may use all-purpose or 1 cup cake flour and 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour)2.75 cup (385g)
cornstarch1 tsp (3g)
baking soda0.75 tsp (5g)
salt0.75 tsp (2g)
chocolate chips(semi-sweet or mix of milk chocolate and semi-sweet)2 each (340g)
Total dough weight1.3kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
400°F (204°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~18 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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

Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.7. 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:Fat1.70 (69th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.57 (75th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.33 (61th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.26 (49th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.88 (52th percentile)
Fat %17.3 (63th percentile)
Sugar %18.7 (44th percentile)
Hydration0.26 (41th percentile)
Bake Temp400 (98th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.70

Flour:Sugar

1.57

Brown:White Sugar

1.33

Egg:Flour

0.26

Chocolate:Flour

0.88

Fat %

17.3

Sugar %

18.7

Flour %

29.3

Hydration

0.26