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Chocolate Chip Cookies

A sweet cookie made with shortening, brown sugar, vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt, water, and chocolate chips.

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Why it works: Vanilla and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oven350°F
Time10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Beat shortening for 30 seconds.

  2. Add brown sugar and continue to beat until well blended.

  3. Add vanilla and mix well.

  4. Mix in the baking powder, salt, and the flour. Beat thoroughly.

  5. Add the water, followed by the chocolate chips.

Shape and bake

  1. Mould a teaspoonful of dough with a teaspoon.

  2. Place the dough on a cookie sheet carefully.

  3. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.

  4. Cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

773Calories
14 gProtein
21 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Vanilla + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Shortening
Provides fat that makes the cookies tender and helps them spread.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness and moisture, and helps the cookies brown and stay soft.
White flour
Forms the gluten structure that holds the cookies together as they bake.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking so the cookies rise and lighten.
Chocolate chips
Melt during baking to give pockets of chocolate flavour and richness.

The step that matters

Beat thoroughly after adding the flour. Beating the shortening and sugar well creates air bubbles that help the cookies rise and gives an even crumb; under-beating can leave dense, uneven cookies.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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