The BEST Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Copycat Cookie Recipe.
Recipe by Melissa Stadler, Modern Honey on December 7, 2015
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT11M
Total time: PT21M
Rating
4.97 stars (1162 reviews)
Keywords
Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup Cold Butter (cut into small cubes)
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 cups Cake Flour*
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
3/4 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Chocolate Chips
2 cups Walnuts (roughly chopped)
Categories
Cookie
Cuisine
Dessert
Steps
Preheat oven to 410 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together cold cubed butter, brown sugar, and sugar for 4 minutes or until creamy.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each one.
Stir in flours, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined to avoid overmixing. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Separate dough into large balls and place on lightly colored cookie sheet. They are bigger than you think! You will fit 4 cookies on one large cookie sheet. The dough makes 8 extra large cookies.
Bake for 9-12 minutes or until golden brown on the top. Let them rest for at least 10 minutes to set.
Reviews
Recipe Tester on 2026-06-21 (5 stars): I baked these cookies for a family night; the crispy edges and soft center were excellent. Thanks for the tips!
Claudia G Gonzalez on 2026-06-18 (5 stars): Absolutely the best recipe!!! Everyone falls in love when I make these!
Lynn on 2026-06-16 (5 stars): Excellent recipe. Omitted the nuts and went with 2 cups of mini chocolate chips. I also went with a 4-oz cookie, which made 12 total. I took a stab at the size rather than separating the dough to form 8 cookies. Not chilling - straight to the oven. Still followed the recipe on temperature and time. The family was impressed. Chocolate chip cookies are, IMHO, the most difficult to conquer well, and these blew my expectations out of the water. Cheers!
Maria on 2026-06-11 (5 stars): I have gotten so many compliments baking this. Thank you, Melissa! Your recipe has brought so much joy to my family and friends. I wanted to make this into a cookie cake and kindly ask for recommendations on baking time and temp. Thank you so much in advance!
Nitisha on 2026-06-09 (5 stars): Please could you give me the metric measurements? Thank you!!
happy baker on 2026-06-06 (5 stars): I have gotten countless compliments on how fantastic these are. I personally have never tried true Levain cookies, however I have had people walk by and smell them and ask if they were from Levain. Fantastic!!!!
