Description
Thick, gooey-centered copycat Levain chocolate chip cookies made with cold butter, rich brown sugar, and crunchy walnuts—just like the famous New York bakery version.
Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) unsalted butter, cold, cubed
1 cup (200 g) light brown sugar, packed
½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 ½ cups (170 g) cake flour
1 ½ cups (187.5 g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups (364 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups (234 g) walnuts, roughly chopped
Instructions
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Add cold butter and sugars to a mixer and cream until light and fluffy.
3. Mix in eggs one at a time.
4. Whisk dry ingredients in a separate bowl and combine with wet ingredients.
5. Add chocolate chips and walnuts.
6. Shape into 6-ounce balls and chill for at least 30 minutes.
7. Preheat oven to 400°F and bake for 10–11 minutes.
8. Let cookies cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
For extra gooey centers, slightly underbake the cookies.
Store in airtight containers and reheat for 5 minutes before serving.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 813
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 45g
- Saturated Fat: 20g
- Unsaturated Fat: 22g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 95g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
Keywords: copycat Levain chocolate chip cookies, Levain Bakery copycat cookies, thick Levain cookies, New York style cookies