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Big Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sam Merritt · sugarspunrun.com · Original Recipe

These HUGE, thick chocolate chip cookies are just like the kind you get from a bakery. They're soft, tender, and melt-in-your mouth (not your average chewy cookie!). My recipe takes just 15 minutes to

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

unsalted butter(softened )1 cup (227g)
brown sugar )(firmly packed (use light, dark, or a blend of the two)1 cup (140g)
granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)
eggs(room temperature preferred)2 each (100g)
vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
cake flour(SEE NOTE - DO NOT SUB ALL PURPOSE FLOUR WITHOUT READING NOTE!!)4 cup (456g)
cornstarch2 tbsp (16g)
baking powder2 tsp (9g)
baking soda0.25 tsp (2g)
salt0.75 tsp (2g)
semisweet chocolate chips(see note)2 cup (340g)
Total dough weight1.4kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
375°F (191°C)
Bake Time
13-15 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~16 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.4. 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:Fat2.01 (78th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.90 (84th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.40 (65th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.22 (41th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.75 (41th percentile)
Fat %16.3 (52th percentile)
Sugar %17.2 (35th percentile)
Hydration0.22 (33th percentile)
Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

2.01

Flour:Sugar

1.90

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.22

Chocolate:Flour

0.75

Fat %

16.3

Sugar %

17.2

Flour %

32.7

Hydration

0.22