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The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lindsay Ostrom · pinchofyum.com · Original Recipe

These are THE BEST soft chocolate chip cookies! No chilling required. Just ultra thick, soft, classic chocolate chip cookies!

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

salted butter8 tbsp (114g)
white sugar(I like to use raw cane sugar with a coarser texture)0.5 cup (70g)
packed light brown sugar0.25 cup (35g)
vanilla1 tsp (3g)
egg1 each (50g)
all purpose flour(6.75 ounces)1.5 cup (210g)
baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)
salt(but I always add a little extra)0.25 tsp (1g)
chocolate chips(I use a combination of chocolate chips and chocolate chunks)0.75 cup (128g)
Total dough weight613g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
None
Yield
~12 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:Fat1.85 (72th percentile)
Flour:Sugar2.00 (85th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0.50 (28th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.24 (44th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.61 (30th percentile)
Fat %18.5 (74th percentile)
Sugar %17.1 (35th percentile)
Hydration0.24 (36th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.85

Flour:Sugar

2.00

Brown:White Sugar

0.50

Egg:Flour

0.24

Chocolate:Flour

0.61

Fat %

18.5

Sugar %

17.1

Flour %

34.3

Hydration

0.24