Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Chip Cookies · Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
One of 88 chocolate chip cookies recipes we measured
550 cooks on www.kingarthurbaking.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 88.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 85% | 67% |
| total sugar | 114% | 95% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 52% | 53% |
| egg | 21% | 27% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| acid | 2% | 0% |
| mix-ins | 142% | 94% |
| shortening share | 45% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 142 g | 2/3 cup (142g) light brown sugar, packed |
| 131 g | 2/3 cup (131g) granulated sugar |
| 113 g | 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter |
| 92 g | 1/2 cup (92g) vegetable shortening |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon table salt, (use 1/2 teaspoon salt if you use salted butter) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, optional |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon cider vinegar or white vinegar |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 240 g | 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour |
| 340 g | 2 cups (340g) semisweet chocolate chips* |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.kingarthurbaking.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.