Justine Doiron's Tall Rye Guy Chocolate Chip Cookies

The culinary creative behind @justinesnacks shares a chocolate chip cookie recipe born of extensive, "obsessive" testing

Justine’s four chocolate chip cookies recipes from her book, Justine Cooks. From left to right: Extra Thin, Extra Crisp; My Favorite Sour Cream Cookies; Tall Rye Guy; and Brownest Butter, Darkest Chocolate. Photo by Jim Henkens.

A tall, thick rye cookie that’s a nutty cousin to those made famous by Levain Bakery.

—Justine Doiron

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Ingredients

Makes 6 cookies

• 8 tablespoons salted butter, room temperature

• ½ cup (100 grams) dark brown sugar

• ¼ scant cup (50 grams) sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

• 1 egg

• 1 cup (140 grams) all-purpose flour

• ⅔ cup (90 grams) dark rye flour

• 1½ teaspoons (7 grams) baking powder

• 1 teaspoon (4 grams) kosher salt

• 1.7 ounces (50 grams) semisweet chocolate

• 1.7 ounces (50 grams) milk chocolate

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Method

Brown 4 tablespoons (57 grams) salted butter and set aside in a small bowl to cool. In a large stand mixer, beat together 4 tablespoons (57 grams) room-temperature salted butter with ½ cup (100 grams) packed dark brown sugar, ¼ scant cup (50 grams) granulated sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste for 2 to 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Pour in the brown butter and mix on medium-high another 2 minutes.

Crack in 1 large egg and mix on medium high for another minute or so.

Add 1 cup (140 grams) all-purpose flour, ⅔ cup (90 grams) dark rye flour, 1½ teaspoons (7 grams) baking powder, and 1 teaspoon (4 grams) kosher salt. Mix on low until just combined.

Chop up 1.7 ounces (50 grams) semisweet chocolate and 1.7 ounces (50 grams) milk chocolate and mix them into the dough.

Portion into six cookies (105 grams each) and chill for 1 to 6 hours.

Position a rack in the center of the oven and bake at 425°F until the edges and tops are golden, 8 to 11 minutes. It’s okay if the centers still feel slightly underdone. Let cool on the pan completely so cookies fully set.

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From Justine Cooks by Justine Doiron. Reprinted with permission by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House.

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