Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sarah Kieffer · The Vanilla Bean Baking Book / The New York Times · 2018 · Original Recipe

Famous for the technique of banging the sheet pan on the oven rack during baking to create signature concentric ripples and crinkly edges. The viral cookie technique that spawned thousands of Instagram posts. Thin with dramatic texture.

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Ingredients

all-purpose flour2 cups (250g)

butter(softened)2 sticks (226g)

granulated sugar1.5 cups (300g)

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

salt1 tsp (6g)

semi-sweet chocolate chips1.25 cups (213g)

Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 12-16 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~20 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.9. 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:Fat1.11 (20th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.83 (11th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.27 (56th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0.85 (50th percentile)

Fat %21.0 (89th percentile)

Sugar %27.9 (93th percentile)

Hydration0.27 (48th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.11

Flour:Sugar

0.83

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.27

Chocolate:Flour

0.85

Fat %

21.0

Sugar %

27.9

Flour %

23.3

Hydration

0.27