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Published: Dec 26, 2020. Post Updated: Dec 26, 2020

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Levain Cookie Recipe

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This world famous Levain Cookie Recipe. These HUGE cookies are made with an abundance of Chocolate Chips and Walnuts. They are soft and chewy and packed full of flavour.

Levain Cookie in hand showing inside full of choc chips

Levain Cookie Recipe

What's so great about them? Firstly they are HUGE. Secondly they are delicious and lastly and most importantly, they have the perfect combination of a soft, chewy and gooey centre with gorgeously crispy edges.

Top tips to make the best Levain Bakery Cookies

  • Cold Butter - This recipe calls for cold butter which is very unusual in a cookie recipe but this is to stop them from spreading.
  • The bigger the better! They look abnormally huge but that is exactly how they are supposed to be.
  • Cool on the tray  –Usually you would cool cookies for 5 - 10 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack but that isn't necessary here. 
  • This is an American recipe and as such it calls for Cake Flour. Cake Flour is a combination of Plain Flour and Corn Flour.

How to make Levain Cookies

Preheat oven to 200 C/GM 6.

Line two trays with baking paper.

Combine cold butter and sugars in a large bowl or stand mixer bowl. Beat until combined.

Butter and Sugar in bowl of stand mixer

Butter and Sugar mixed in a bowl

Add eggs one by one. Beat again until just combined.

Vanilla and Egg added to bowl of stand mixer

Fold in flours, cornflour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.

Flour added to bowl of stand mixer

Add chocolate and walnuts and fold in thoroughly. 

Walnuts added to bowl of stand mixer

Chocolate Chips added to dough

Form cookies and bake for 10-14 minutes or until golden brown. 

4 Cookies on lined tray

Baked cookies on lined tray

Levain Cookie Recipe split in half to show choc chips and walnuts

How long do they keep

These cookies keep well in an airtight container for up to a week.

How to freeze

These freeze really well. Once cooled, add to a ziplock bag and freeze for up to 3 months. To serve, let them come to room temperature undisturbed and then place in the oven to warm through for 4 - 5 minutes.

more cookie recipes to try:

Dulce De Leche Cookies

Cookie Tray Bake

Chai Spice Cookies

Nutella Cookies

Brownie Cookies

**If you make this recipe, please don't forget to rate/leave a comment below/dm us. Safira 

Levain Cookie in hand showing inside full of choc chips

Levain Cookie Recipe

Safira
This world famous Levain Cookie Recipe. These HUGE cookies are made with an abundance of Chocolate Chips and Walnuts.
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 8 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Baking, Baking/Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 745 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 230 g Butter Must be cold
  • 200 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 100 g Caster Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 210 g Self Raising Flour
  • 210 g Plain Flour
  • 2 teaspoon Corn Flour
  • ¾ teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
  • ¾ teaspoon Salt
  • 350 g Milk Chocolate Chips
  • 230 g Walnuts Chopped roughly

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200 C/GM 6.
  • Line two trays with baking paper.
  • Combine cold butter and sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer bowl. Beat for 5 minutes.
  • Add eggs one by one beating to incorporate in between.
  • Fold in both flours, cornflour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
  • Add chocolate and walnuts and fold in.
  • Form 8 cookies and add 4 to each tray. Bake for 10 - 14 minutes or until golden brown. 

Notes

Top tips to make the best Levain Bakery Cookies

  • Cold Butter - This recipe calls for cold butter which is very unusual in a cookie recipe but this is to stop them from spreading.
  • The bigger the better! They look abnormally huge but that is exactly how they are supposed to be.
  • Cool on the tray  –Usually you would cool cookies for 5 - 10 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack but that isn't necessary here. 

How long do they keep

These cookies keep well in an airtight container for up to a week.

How to freeze

These freeze really well. Once cooled, add to a ziplock bag and freeze for up to 3 months. To serve, let them come to room temperature undisturbed and then place in the oven to warm through for 4 - 5 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 745kcalCarbohydrates: 81gProtein: 12gFat: 44gSaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 566mgPotassium: 236mgFiber: 3gSugar: 38gVitamin A: 778IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 70mgIron: 3mg
Keyword Levain Bakery Cookies, Levain Choc Chip and Walnut Cookies, Levain Cookies, Levain NYC Cookies, NYC COokies
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