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Brown Butter Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sam Merritt · sugarspunrun.com · Original Recipe

These brown butter bourbon chocolate chip cookies are unique and oh so gourmet! They have a thick, chewy texture and are scooped large for a bakery-style look. A splash of bourbon, melty pockets of ch

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

unsalted butter(cut into Tablespoon-sized pieces)1 cup (227g)
bourbon3 tbsp (27g)
dark brown sugar1 cup (140g)
granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)
egg + 1 egg yolk(room temperature preferred)1 each (18g)
vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)
all-purpose flour2.75 cup (344g)
cornstarch1 tbsp (8g)
baking powder1 tsp (5g)
baking soda1 tsp (6g)
table salt0.75 tsp (2g)
semi-sweet chocolate bar(chopped)6 oz (170g)
flaky sea salt(for sprinkling)1 each (6g)
Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
melted
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
20-22 min
Chill
None
Yield
~12 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:Fat1.51 (53th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.43 (62th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.40 (65th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.05 (22th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.49 (21th percentile)
Fat %21.4 (91th percentile)
Sugar %22.7 (74th percentile)
Hydration0.05 (16th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.51

Flour:Sugar

1.43

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.05

Chocolate:Flour

0.49

Fat %

21.4

Sugar %

22.7

Flour %

32.5

Hydration

0.05