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Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies (Copycat Recipe)

Unknown · onceuponachef.com · Original Recipe

These Levain-style chocolate chip cookies deliver everything you love about the bakery classic.

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

3

cakeyness

4

thickness

3

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

3

complexity

thickvery chocolatey

Ingredients

unsalted butter(1 stick, at cool room temperature)0.5 cup (114g)
light brown sugar(packed)0.25 cup (35g)
dark brown sugar(packed)0.25 cup (35g)
granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)
vanilla extract1 tbsp (13g)
salt1 tsp (3g)
baking powder1.75 tsp (8g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
eggs2 each (100g)
all-purpose flour(preferably King Arthur)2.25 cup (281g)
semi-sweet chocolate chips(best quality such as Ghirardelli)12 oz (340g)
coarsely chopped walnuts1.5 cup (210g)
Total dough weight1.2kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
22-24 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~8 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:Fat2.48 (89th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.65 (78th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.70 (36th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.36 (77th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.21 (77th percentile)
Fat %9.12 (12th percentile)
Sugar %13.7 (15th percentile)
Hydration0.36 (71th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.48

Flour:Sugar

1.65

Brown:White Sugar

0.70

Egg:Flour

0.36

Chocolate:Flour

1.21

Fat %

9.12

Sugar %

13.7

Flour %

22.6

Hydration

0.36