Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies

Levain Bakery copcat cookie recipe! These are huge but can be made into smaller dough balls and baked accordingly.

Ingredients

  • 1 C butter cut into tbsp

  • 3/4 C light brown sugar

  • 1/2 C sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 C cake flour (make your own - 1 C flour, remove 2 tbsp. Add 2 tbsp corn starch)

  • 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1/2 tsp sea salt

  • 2 1/2 C chocolate chips

Directions

  • preheat oven to 400° and set rack in middle of oven.

  • place butter into bowl and turn mixer on low. If using a stand mixer, use paddle attachment.

  • add sugars and beat butter until smooth on medium speed. This should take about 1 minute.

  • Add the egs and beat on medium just until incorporated with butter and sugars, 30 seconds.

  • Turn the mixer off. Add the cake flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

  • Pulse the dry ingredients on low until wet and dry ingredients are mixed together.

  • Pour chocolate chips into batter and pulse 5-6 times.

  • Divie the dough into 8 equal pieces (about 6 oz each). Use your hands to shape cookies. Do not use a cookie scoop. The cookies are meant to be roughly shaped. Do not flatten the dough.

  • Sprinkle tops of cookies on pan with sea salt.

  • Bake 4 cookies per pan, for 11 minutes on regular bake.

  • The cookies are done when the top is a bit golden and the bottom edge is golden.

  • Let cool for 15 minutes before serving.