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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · Original Recipe

These super soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies are the most popular cookie recipe on my website for good reason. Melted butter, more brown sugar than white sugar, cornstarch, and an extra egg yolk

2

chewiness

3

crispiness

1

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

all-purpose flour(281g)2 each (250g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
cornstarch1 each (30g)
salt0.5 tsp (2g)
unsalted butter(170g/12 Tbsp, melted & cooled for 5 minutes)0.75 cup (170g)
packed light(150g)0.75 cup (105g)
granulated sugar(100g)0.5 cup (100g)
egg + 1 egg yolk(at room temperature)1 each (18g)
pure vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)
semi-sweet chocolate chips(225g)1 each (170g)
Total dough weight859g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
325°F (163°C)
Bake Time
13-15 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~16 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 2.6. 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:Sugar2.50 (92th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.07 (23th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.68 (36th percentile)
Fat %19.8 (82th percentile)
Sugar %11.6 (8th percentile)
Hydration0.07 (16th percentile)
Bake Temp325 (5th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.47

Flour:Sugar

2.50

Brown:White Sugar

0

Egg:Flour

0.07

Chocolate:Flour

0.68

Fat %

19.8

Sugar %

11.6

Flour %

29.1

Hydration

0.07