Description
Legendary Levain Bakery NYC Cookies deliver massive, gooey chocolate chip perfection with crisp edges and molten centers. Massive six-ounce cookies promise bakery-quality indulgence you’ll savor down to the last delectable crumb.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies
Chocolate and Nuts:
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 2 cups walnuts, roughly chopped
Sugars and Fats:
- 1 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
Flours and Dry Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Prepare the oven environment by heating to 410F (210C) and lining a baking sheet with parchment paper for optimal cookie performance.
- Utilize a stand mixer to cream cold butter and sugars at medium speed for approximately 4 minutes, achieving a light and airy texture.
- Introduce eggs individually into the butter-sugar mixture, ensuring complete integration after each addition.
- Create a separate dry ingredient blend by combining cake flour, all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Gradually merge dry ingredients into the wet mixture, stirring until just incorporated to maintain a delicate cookie structure.
- Delicately incorporate chocolate chips and chopped walnuts, distributing evenly throughout the dough.
- Portion the dough into substantial 5 oz spherical mounds, positioning approximately 10 cookie balls onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Position the baking sheet in the preheated oven, allowing cookies to transform for 9-12 minutes until edges develop a golden-brown hue while maintaining a soft center.
- Enable initial cooling directly on the baking sheet for a brief moment before transferring to a wire rack for complete temperature reduction.
Notes
- Chilling the dough for 30 minutes before baking helps prevent excessive spreading and maintains the cookie’s thick, luxurious shape.
- Use cold butter directly from the refrigerator to create a more structured, dense cookie texture that mimics Levain’s signature style.
- For gluten-free adaptation, swap traditional flours with a cup-for-cup gluten-free flour blend and add an extra tablespoon of cornstarch for better binding.
- Consider toasting walnuts beforehand to enhance their nutty flavor and provide a deeper, more complex taste profile in the final cookie.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 331 kcal
- Sugar: 19 g
- Sodium: 183 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 32 mg