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1/4 Recipe New New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie (2024)

Keyword Dessert
Servings 4 cookies

Ingredients

Original Recipe

  • 2.125 oz Cake flour
  • 2.125 oz Bread flour
  • tsp cinnamon
  • .3125 tsp Baking Soda 1/4 tsp + 1/16 tsp (pinch)
  • .375 tsp Baking Powder 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp
  • .375 tsp Coarse Sea Salt 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp
  • 5 tbsp Unsalted Butter
  • 2.5 oz Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 oz Granulated Sugar + 1/2 tbsp
  • 1/2 Egg
  • 1/2 tsp Natural Vanilla Extract
  • .3125 lbs Chocolate 5 oz

New Recipe (with Wheat Flour)

  • 2.125 oz Cake flour
  • 1.05 oz Bread flour
  • 1.05 oz Wheat flour
  • tsp cinnamon
  • .3125 tsp Baking soda 1/4 tsp + 1/16 tsp (pinch)
  • .375 tsp Baking powder 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp
  • .375 tsp coarse sea salt 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp
  • 5.5 tbsp unsalted butter 12g fat
  • 2.5 oz light brown sugar
  • 2 oz granulated sugar
  • .5 tbsp honey 1.5 tsp
  • .5 egg ~1 oz
  • .5 tsp vanilla extract
  • .3125 lbs chocolate 5 oz

***New Recipe (NO wheat flour)***

  • 2.125 oz Cake flour
  • 2.125 oz Bread flour
  • tsp cinnamon
  • .3125 tsp Baking soda 1/4 tsp + 1/16 tsp (pinch)
  • .375 tsp Baking powder 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp
  • .375 tsp Coarse sea salt 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp
  • 5.5 tbsp unsalted butter 12g fat
  • 2.5 oz light brown sugar
  • 2 oz granulated sugar
  • .5 tbsp honey 1.5 tsp
  • .5 egg ~1 oz
  • .5 tsp vanilla extract
  • .3125 lbs chocolate 5 oz

Instructions

  1. Sift flours, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Set aside.

  2. Using a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars until very light, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. If using honey, add it now. Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined, 5 to 10 seconds. Drop chocolate pieces in and incorporate them without breaking them. Press plastic wrap against dough and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours. Dough may be used in batches and refrigerated for up to 72 hours.

  3. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Set aside.

  4. Scoop 2-ounce mounds of dough (use a scale and mold into balls) onto baking sheet, making sure to turn horizontally any chocolate pieces that are poking up; it will make for a more attractive cookie. Do not flatten. Sprinkle lightly with salt and bake until golden brown but still soft, ~14 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack for 5 minutes, then slip cookies onto another rack to cool a bit more. Repeat with remaining dough, or reserve dough, refrigerated, for baking remaining batches the next day. Eat warm, with a big napkin.

Recipe Notes

Variations

  • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1.0625 oz Wheat flour (half of the bread flour portion)
  • Sub 1 tbsp honey for .5 oz of granulated sugar
  • Plain

Tip

  • Disks are sold at Jacques Torres Chocolate; Valrhona fèves, oval-shaped chocolate pieces, are at Whole Foods.