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Big & Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies

Taste of Home Editorial Team · tasteofhome.com · Original Recipe

I developed this recipe for the Taste of Home Test Kitchen. It's our signature chocolate chip cookie that's big, thick and chewy—perfect for dunking. —Irene Yeh, Mequon, Wisconsin

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

3

spread

2

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

butter(softened)1 cup (227g)
packed brown sugar1 cup (140g)
sugar0.75 cup (105g)
eggs(room temperature)2 each (100g)
vanilla extract1.5 tsp (6g)
all-purpose flour2.667 cup (333g)
baking soda1.25 tsp (8g)
salt1 tsp (3g)
semisweet chocolate chips(12 ounces)1 package (30g)
coarsely chopped walnuts(toasted)2 cup (280g)
Total dough weight1.2kg

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
whole
Bake Temp
400°F (204°C)
Bake Time
10-12 min
Chill
720 min
Yield
~2 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.0. 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 (48th percentile)
Flour:Sugar1.36 (57th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar1.33 (61th percentile)
Egg:Flour0.30 (63th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.09 (10th percentile)
Fat %18.4 (72th percentile)
Sugar %19.9 (51th percentile)
Hydration0.30 (55th percentile)
Bake Temp400 (98th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.47

Flour:Sugar

1.36

Brown:White Sugar

1.33

Egg:Flour

0.30

Chocolate:Flour

0.09

Fat %

18.4

Sugar %

19.9

Flour %

27.1

Hydration

0.30