RecipeChocolate Chip Cookies Explored

Episode Description

Join us as our host Dan DaRocha and Austin Archdeacon, an experienced baker and Sales Consultant at Erika Baking Equipment explore the different ingredients of a “traditional” chocolate chip cookie and their impact on the final product.

Recipe

Metric
Butter – 454 g
White Sugar – 454 g
Light Brown Sugar – 227 g
Eggs – 4
Vanilla – 5 g
All Purpose Flour – 680 g
Baking Soda – 14 g
Salt – 14 g
Chocolate Chips – 680 g

Standard
Butter – 1 lb
White Sugar – 1 lb
Light Brown Sugar – 0.5 lb
Eggs – 4
Vanilla – 1 tsp
All Purpose Flour – 1.5 lb
Baking Soda – 0.5 oz
Salt – 0.5 oz
Chocolate Chips – 1.25 lb

Methodology

Mix Butter & Sugar
Using the creaming method, incorporate butter and sugar together using a planetary mixer.

Add Eggs & Vanilla
Add eggs incrementally to your sugar and butter mixture. Be sure to scrape the bowl with each addition. You can also proceed to add vanilla.

Add Dry Ingredients
With the previously added ingredients well incorporated, proceed to add your dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until it becomes an homogeneous dough.

Add Chocolate Chips
Add chocolate chips to the dough mixture and mix briefly, until the chocolate chips are distributed evenly throughout the dough.

Bake
Bake in a preheated convection oven at 350°F for 8 – 10 minutes. Total baking times and temperatures mya vary according to your oven and baking environment.

Cool & Serve
Enjoy your freshly baked Chocolate Chip Cookies. Yields approximately 7.5 dozen 1 oz. cookies.

About Erika Baking Equipment

Erika Baking Equipment is the leading manufacturer and distributor of retail/commercial bakery equipment. For over 20 years, we have provided our customers with both excellent equipment and outstanding customer service. Our products include: bagel/bread/roll slicers, bread and roll systems, cake slicers, cookie presses, depositors, divider/rounders, mixers, sheeters/makeup tables, ovens, and more!