Giant Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies By June | Delish

Delish Test Kitchen Manager, June, is making copycat Levain Bakery chocolate chip cookies from scratch.

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[the.Nicemark]

Grams conversion:

260g APF
175g Cake flour
9g Baking powder
1.1g Baking soda
1.5g kosher salt

227g butter
130g white sugar
130g light brown sugar
110g walnuts
340g Dark chocolate chip
2 eggs

Cookie size 6oz = 170g

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If you freeze or chill these and bake them at 410f for like 12 - 15 minutes (depending on your oven), they will come out very similar to Levain texture and have extra nice melted chocolate chips. If you have a commercial convection oven, do 350f (try Low and High fan to see what works better for you). Baking time depends on your oven and whether you freeze or chill the dough 😃

[Dorikoe]

2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/4 c. cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 c. (2 sticks) cold butter, cubed
2/3 c. packed brown sugar
2/3 c. granulated sugar
2 c. dark chocolate chips
1 c. very coarsely chopped walnuts, lightly toasted
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Directions

Step 1
Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt.
Step 2
In a large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), cream cold butter on low speed until cubes lose half their shape, about 30 to 45 seconds. Add sugars and continue to cream briefly, 30 to 60 seconds more. Add chocolate and walnuts and beat until combined.
Step 3
Gradually add flour mixture and beat to combine; mixture will be a bit crumbly. If any big pieces of butter remain, use hands to cut butter into smaller pieces. Add in eggs and beat until fully combined and smooth, forming a cohesive dough.
Step 4
Portion large balls of dough, about 6 ounces or ¾ cup each. Place 4 balls of dough on each prepared tray and place in freezer. Let chill for 90 minutes.
Step 5
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375°. Place one empty baking sheet upside-down in oven and place one tray of frozen dough on top. Bake one sheet of cookies at a time, until edges and spots on top are golden, but insides are still slightly doughy, about 26 minutes.

[hulqen]

Thanks for the video! Had to try it myself, but since I live outside of the US, I converted all the measurements to metric units. For all you metric lovers out there, here's the recipe:
4, 73 dl/250 g (2 c.) all-purpose flour
2, 96 dl/175 g (1 1/4 c.) cake flour
10 ml/2 tsp. baking powder
1, 25 ml/1/4 tsp. baking soda
1, 25 ml/1/4 tsp. kosher salt
227 g (1 c.) cold butter, cubed
135 g (2/3 c.) packed brown sugar
135 g (2/3 c.) granulated sugar
4, 73 dl (2 c.) dark chocolate chips
2, 37 dl (1 c.) very coarsely chopped walnuts, lightly toasted
2 large eggs, lightly beaten

[AyJay]

I love how she doesn't waste any of the butter, her respect and appreciation for the food she has is beautiful.

[danalewenthal]

I'm an experienced baker and this was easy to make and turned out delicious. I let them cool on the pan to crisp up and they were ready to eat in 25 minutes. Still warm and gooey.

[breadboss]

2c AP FLOUR
1 1/4 Cake flour
2tsp bpowder
1/4tsp bsoda
1/4tsp salt

1c cold butter cubed
2/3c granulated sugar
2/3c brown sugar
1c walnuts chopped
2c dark choc chips

add dry to wet

2 eggs, lightly beaten

Form cookie balls

freeze 90mins or chill 2hrs

Stack sheet trays

26mins 375°F

[kyliesbakes]

I tested out the recipe yesterday and these are the weight conversions! :)

225g butter

135g sugar
135g brown sugar

100g chopped walnuts
350g chocolate chips

260g plain flour
140g cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

170g each
freeze for 90 minutes

190 degrees for 26 minutes

[Superman]

The host is very charismatic. She's great! I'll watch again just for her!!

[yealyah]

i just made these! i made some changes with the walnuts (roughly chopped) and chocolate bars instead of chips, and they turned out really great! the egg at the end is a game changer, totally worth it, i even made the cookies smaller (i wanted several cookies lol) and they are absolutely delicious, sweet salty, soft crumbly goodness. thank you for the recipe!

[LeaLeaA]

Her energy I love. She’s ain’t faking shit just going about his business. Also no fake that’s really good’

[qnizami]

Tried these without walnuts but they still turned out amazing. The texture, the scone-resembling look, everything was on point.

[RebeccaKover]

I tried this recipe yesterday and I got the best chocolate walnut cookies I have ever had in my life. Outside is crispy and inside is soft, the key is not over baked.

[seeker]

I made these today pretty much exactly like this recipe, scale measurements and all - “except” I used only all purpose flour (no cake flour). Oh and I also put in the eggs with the butter + sugar, not at the end - just for convenience.
I’ve had the amazing Levain cookies in NYC and these came pretty darn close!! thank you for your recipe :)

[honestmom]

I just made these and they’re delicious! I was a little worried while mixing, I thought the dough wasn’t going to come together but it did. So good!

[bakerbaker]

These were excellent! I've made them twice, first time at 6oz but they were huge so today I made them 4.5oz and they were perfect. One of the best choc chip cookie recipes I've tried, and I've tried dozens of recipes. Thank you so much for sharing!

[PuppetPumml]

Never seen this channel, but automatic sub after watching this. Love her and I love that she taught some super useful information along the way

[megabibimbabmega]

I made it last sunday and it turns AMAZING. everyone loves it! this is by far my favourite cookie recipe :D im planning to make another batch and make them into ice cream sandwich hehehe thank you June for the awesome recipe (both in cups & grams, how cool is that :D), and clear step-by-step instructions :) love love it!

[caitlin]

This chick is awesome, there's no fake, high pitched voice. She scoops the ingredients straight out of their containers. I just really like it... hahaha

[ravenwoodbane]

This is actually the most perfect recipe I have ever made and tasted...*bowing thanks so much