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    26th December 2020 Desserts and Baking

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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
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    Levain Cookie Recipe

    This world famous Levain Cookie Recipe. These HUGE cookies are made with an abundance of Chocolate Chips and Walnuts.

    Course Baking, Baking/Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Keyword Levain Bakery Cookies, Levain Choc Chip and Walnut Cookies, Levain Cookies, Levain NYC Cookies, NYC COokies
    Prep Time 8 minutes
    Cook Time 12 minutes
    Total Time 20 minutes
    Servings 8
    Calories 745 kcal
    Author Safira

    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 tsp Corn Flour
    • ¾ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
    • ¾ tsp Salt
    • 350 g Milk Chocolate Chips
    • 230 g Walnuts Chopped roughly

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 200 C/GM 6.

    2. Line two trays with baking paper.

    3. Combine cold butter and sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer bowl. Beat for 5 minutes.

    4. Add eggs one by one beating to incorporate in between.

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

    6. Add chocolate and walnuts and fold in.

    7. Form 8 cookies and add 4 to each tray. Bake for 10 - 14 minutes or until golden brown. 

    Recipe 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 Facts
    Levain Cookie Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 745 Calories from Fat 396
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 44g68%
    Saturated Fat 17g106%
    Cholesterol 103mg34%
    Sodium 566mg25%
    Potassium 236mg7%
    Carbohydrates 81g27%
    Fiber 3g13%
    Sugar 38g42%
    Protein 12g24%
    Vitamin A 778IU16%
    Vitamin C 1mg1%
    Calcium 70mg7%
    Iron 3mg17%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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