How to make New York City's famous Levain cookies | Copycat Recipe 

Please check the recipe on my blog for CHANGES and TIPS on how to nail these cookies! www.hijabsandaprons.com/food/levain-bakery-cookies

This has to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing cooking videos I’ve ever watched!

Ok so here's the deal, I never comment on youtube videos and I barely even like them. So this quarantine I turned myself towards my kitchen and I had an aim to cook things I like, on top of the list was the chocolate chip cookies. I searched for "best ever chocolate chip cookies" and came across some really good recipes by cup cake jemma, bold bakers, tasty etc and I tried all of them with the finest ingredients and followed every bit of details but every time my cookies lacked that finest taste which I craved for. While I was searching on youtube I found this page. They didnt had most of the likes and millions of subscribers but still I watched their video of chocolate chip cookie. Idk it just clicked to me that I need to try this one and I ran to my kitchen got all the ingredients out and baked these cookies. After 11 min or so they were done and I got them out and put them in air for like 10 min or so. Than I reached out for the cookie I thought was the biggest one and took a bite. That bite, I was just diving into the flavour of these cookies. idk how i pulled something like that, finest chocolate chip cookies were right under my chin. They tatsed flawless, best, and all things about them were upto that mark which I always wanted to achieve. Idk who run this page and where are they from but guys hats off, well done! you guys pulled out the recipe i can say is the FINEST of all. Thanks for sharing this with us. GOD BLESS.

I'd marry my Kitchen Aid mixer if it was socially acceptable.

INGREDIENTS (8 COOKIES) ½ cup (112g) butter, slightly softened 1 cup (200g) light brown sugar ¼ (50g) cup granulated sugar 2 eggs, cold 1 tsp vanilla extract (imitation works just fine) 2½ (300g) cups flour, sifted 1½ tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp fine sea salt (or 1 tsp kosher salt) 2 cups (250g) walnuts, roughly chopped (if omitting walnuts, you can add roughly 50g extra AP flour) 2 cups (325g) dark chocolate chips (I enjoy Guittard’s Extra Dark or anything 65% and higher)

This turned out to be even better than the actual Levain Bakery cookies! Live in NYC and tried them once a few years back. They were good, but not worth lining up for 1/2 hour on a 20 degree day in the dead of winter. These cookies would be worth it. Best cookies I've ever eaten.

I found Levain Cookies on RU-vid and I wanted to make. I have seen a few but yours is the first I tried. It turned out great. Everyone loved it. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

I found this recipe on RU-vid about a week ago (the reason why I subscribed) and I finally got the chance to make these cookies. They tasted absolutely amazing! I've never tried Levain Bakery's cookies so I wouldn't be able to compare the two. However, I did make some changes (some were intentional others were unintentional): I used only jaggery instead of brown sugar + white sugar (intentional, I only use jaggery in baking); I used room temperature butter (unintentional, the butter was so soft to the touch b/c I left it out for too long without realizing the butter is supposed to be mostly cold. I layed my finger on a piece and it started to melt, instantly); I didn't use any salt (intentional, whenever I use baking soda in a recipe, I don't use salt.); I used 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips and 1 1/2 cups of walnuts instead of 2 cups of each (intentional, my family doesn't like super sweet sweets, surprisingly the cookies were still super chocolatey and nutty); lastly, I baked the cookies at 375°F conventional oven for 10-12 minutes (intentional, I saw someone make a different variation of Levain cookies and they were instructed to bake the cookies at 410°F for 10 minutes but the cookie was raw and so they advised us to bake it at 350°F for 15 minutes for anyone that may try that recipe in the future so I went with something in between). I let my sister try the cookies first and she right away had me promise that I would make them the next time there's a potluck or party 😂. This is definitely a new cookie favourite but I definitely won't be making these often considering the amount of calories, and carbs there are in one cookie!!

THESE WERE SO GOOD! I left the walnuts out, put more flour in the dough and baked them at 375 degrees because I don’t really like walnuts but they tasted heavenly! my whole family LOVED them and said they were the best cookies i’ve ever baked and I agree! keep going you’re BRILLIANT !!! ❤️✨

i just made a batch of these following this recipe. some thoughts: - as some people have mentioned already, the video doesn't mention vanilla extract but the recipe in link does - the recipe in the link says to bake 10-14 min at (400F) 200C. do NOT bake over 12 minutes, we did at 14 because we froze the batter overnight and half our cookies burned - this cookie has a LOT of walnuts and chocolate. it's personally not to my taste, even though i love love nuts and chocolate. it felt like i was eating walnuts and chocolate with bits of cookie, instead of a chocolate walnut cookie - the cookies are massive at 6oz (170g), bigger than the size of my palm - would be good to sprinkle salt on top after - overall, i wouldn't make it again the exact same way because there's not enough flour and too much choco and walnuts for my taste. but it is not bad overall! my boyfriend likes them a lot. 6.5/10

As some people commented here, I’ve also tried a few levain-style cookie recipes out there and this really by far is the best 👏 Not complicated in terms of ingredients and just the right amount of sweetness. I’ve been sticking to your recipe ever since I found it so thank you for sharing! 🥰

I've been researching for hours to find the best Levain Bakery Copy Cat recipe and so far this has been the best. I thank god that I found your channell. Other channels had the levain bakery cookie look down but the interior was either too dry or lacked gooiness. Thank You So Much! I'd like to know: 1. How do you tell if the cookie is baked or not because the inside is meant to be gooey? 2. Can I have the metric measurements?

I just made these and they are amazing!i used margarine tho, and 100g walnuts and 175g chocolate bar cuz its expensive here. Made (2)130g balls and (10) 100g ones cuz we like our cookies smaller. My family loved it. Thank you very much!

So I’ve been making chocolate chip cookies for a long time now and its starting to get boring and I dont like them anymore, but my little brother and sister are still in love with them so I’ve been looking for a recipe that I like to and holy shit this cookie is the best of all the recipes i tried😍

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing vdo. I just tried and it turned out so so great!!! 💗 I love it !!

Made this finally and it's delicious! I still have some cookies left because these are literally monster cookies 🤣 The cookie base is not too sweet so it's fine to use milk chocolate but I used dark in mine so it was really not that sweet. Replaced some walnuts with cashews, shaped them, chilled them overnight and when I baked them, since they were really hard, I baked them for 20 minutes. They still had that crispy outside and gooey center, it's such an experience! I really think everyone should try these cookies at least once

OH. MY. GOSH!!!! Best cookies I have ever made! Easy to follow recipe. Thank you so much! I'm going to try the Double Chocolate Chip next time! 🤎

if i don't use any walnut, is there any addition in the ingredients? like the flour, baking powder and soda.. thankyouu

I’ve seen so many recipes using self rising flour, cake flour, and to see this one use all purpose! Wow , but I’m afraid to try it and that my cookies will go flat, and the waste of all the ingredients worry me 😓

I made these cookies today damn it was perfect . I am shocked haha. Thank you for sharing.

Allahumma barik looks delicious! Maybe try forgoing the background music love ❤️

Hi hijabs and apron! I dunno if you will read it or not but let me tell you it is the best nyc recipe i found on yt!!!!!!! The best cookies i have ever madeeee!!!!! Lyyysmmm

This is by far the best and to the point Ny cookie recipe I have made these now I didn’t had any walnuts so I am chilling them in the fridge as you advised , if I don’t want to bake all of them at once 1. Can I freeze them and how should I bake them? 2. Can I keep them in the fridge overnight and bake them next day should I cook them longer or should I take them out to come to a bit of room temperature before putting them in oven. Thanks. So glad I found ur channel love the name.

I made these and I kept thinking that it was weird that there was no vanilla extract because they didn't say anything about it in the video but then I check the full recipe and it does have vanilla extract.

This is the best recipe I found in RU-vid Thanks ❤️🌹👍 I love you

Would've loved if u did red velvet levain style cookies to compliment these and the chocolate ones ones u made

What is the best subtitute for walnut, since very hard to find them in my city,. Can i use peanut or almond..?

I've made this cookie many times now! It's an amazing recipe! Thank you for sharing.

How many pcs does this recipe create?☺️

I made these. ❤ I skipped walnuts with 50 grams of extra AP flour as she mentioned in her recipe and they were soooo perfect 😭😭😭😭

Tried this last night, half the recipe. Lessened the choc chips and walnut by a quarter. Chilled the dough for 2 hours. Made 6 cookies around 90-95g. Baked at 375 for 12mins. Let cool in the pan. It was great! But I think I like it better the next day. About to make another batch using chilled browned butter, will leave it in the fridge overnight. Hope it will somehow add more flavor. Thanks for the recipe and thanks to the Pancake Princess for the reco. 😊

Just made these cookies tonight and it was super indulgent and decadent. The gooey-ness with the kinda firm cookie on the outside is to die for!!!! I put them in the oven for 10 minutes and found that they were still raw so I left them in for another 3-5 minutes or so and I think they came out according to your examples in the video.. IDK I still ate it and loved it LOL

Why does the butter have to be cold? I only have a hand mixer and it's so hard to incorporate the ingredients.

literally everything about this video is perfect

Please make a white chocolate chip and macadamia Levain style cookie! I love this recipe

I've making this recipe a multiple times and this recipe does not fail. We've been loving the cookies since 2020 ❤❤❤ I used dark chocolate chunks and they were always perfect ❤❤❤

Hey just wanna say, I think your channel is gunna explode soon :) you're really talented at capturing these scenes and overall great content! Keep going!

Also tried this recipe today! Definitely a winner 😊😊

I’ve made these twice now my family goes crazy for them. My new fav cookie recipe. THANK YOU

so i tried baking it today after leaving it to chill in fridge for a day, i used small ice cream scooper and then form it into messy round ball shape. Honestly this is the near perfect recipe of levain that i've tried

best cookie recipe! ❤️💯

Hello if you reduce it to 50g how many degrees and time is it in the oven

1/2 cup of butter is how many grams? pls answer

definitely the best levain copycat recipe out there, and ive tried loads of recipes even my own trying to recreate them. this is the one!!

I followed this recipe: the cookies came out absolutely perfect!! Your instructions were perfect in every way , Thank You!! I so loved the way these came out !!!

nice video i love levains! i live nearby it. thanks for sharing. great aesthetic vid btw

Perfect recipe. Very underrated channel!

I love the cookies but the background music is to loud for me

i tried so many cookies recipes but this one the best yet! thank you for sharing

I have 0 cooking experience and made these for my family. They finally told me they loved me so thank you for that.

Tried out this recipe yesterday. Absolutely loved it!

Love your channel so glad I found you!!! Can you make a copy cat video of "cookie do confections " please. Thank you !

I've tried to incorporate cold butter into my sugar before and it never whips up like that. Only when I use room temperature butter does it fully mix together. Does anyone else have that issue?

Hello. This is by far the best recipe I’ve found on the internet. However, I did reduce the cookie size into half (from 6oz to 3oz roughly 95g), what should I do with the temperature and baking time? :) tia

Can I use a hand mixer for this?

sometimes i feel like watching this is a waste of my time my diet, actually

If i want to make more cookies, should I double everything in the recipe?

Can I use browned butter? Also i tried a similar recipe but my cookies ended up having a smooth surface and they just looked pale and boring! What could be the solution for this? Thank you so much for the wonderful recipes!!!

OMG so tempting! Love the vibe of the video :) I liked and subscribed! Look forward to watching more!

Great recipe, I used vegan butter and 50% less sugar. Next time I will use even less sugar because the chocolate already contains almost 100g of sugar🤣🤣🤣 other than that, I really love this recipe and have already noted it down in my recipe book 🙂🙂🙂

These were good though if you're into a rich, chewy dough, this is not it. But the overall combination makes a good, low-effort cookie--a bite is pretty blissful. Just not the chewy, rich, buttery kind.

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Hi, I'm just about to bake these, and my dough is quite soft and very sticky, was my butter too soft?

Does anyone know how many calories it has? Or the nutritional facts for this recipes

My sons love the Levain chocolate chip peanut butter cookies. What would I need to modify in this recipe to make those? Thanks in advance

Great video. Great channel name. Looking forward to checking out more content.

It's hard to find walnuts in my country? Is it okay to not use Walnuts? If not, is there any substitutes?😊

Amazing video.. truly cant wait to bake them! Also,, camera used?

Per my oven, I needed to bake them for the full 14 mins. At first I tried 400F for 10 mins and they were still raw but already crispy outside. Then I did 11, 12, 13 and ran out of cookies so had to make a new batch. Stuck them in the fridge overnight and baked them for 14 mins. They’re definitely crispy outside and gooey inside. At first I couldn’t tell what was considered gooey and not underbaked. I guess considering they still held their shape after breaking in half, that’s gooey. Hope this helped someone ❤️

Okay this is the best Levain cookie recipe on RU-vid

Thank you so much! I have tried all different Levain style cookies too. And this looks the best. I will try them soon !! One question i have is, if i want to use less walnuts and/or less chocolate, do i have to adjust how much flour i put in ? Thank you again !!!

Hi! Thank you for this recipe. May I know how do you achieve that "Levain" look on the cookie? I tried baking mine immediately but it just turned out to be round shaped. Not like the abstract look on the Levain cookies. Thank you

واو يا فنانه يا مبدعة جربت الوصفه واعجبتني شكراً لك على الطريقه 💛✨

Also, could you please make more cookie recipes 🙏🏼 I find your recipe very easy to follow 😊 If I can request, please make matcha or red velvet flavor 🙏🏼🤍

hi are you using all purpose flour for this recipe?

I just try your recepie today, my cookies inside are raw if i bake for just 10mins in 200c.. So i baked for like about 24 mins in 220c ,, but it still raw inside . (I fridge it for about 60mins then bake right away) any suggestions for me? Also my butter is being sofe at the beginning , as i place it at the room temperature , and its become creamy, is it the right thing to do? Or use it while its still cold ? Thank you so much !!

Pretty good, but definitely not close to Levain. I can detect the taste of baking powder whereas I don’t in the original and they are more dry.

Yours look delicious, however the New York Levaine cookie dough may have more eggs/egg yolks, Corn Starch? And they are refrigerated for an hour before baking in order to Maintain that high top cookie shape.

Hi... Planning to do this half the weight of the dough (3 oz) instead of 6 oz. Any advice for the temperature and the time adjustments? Appreciate your response.... God bless...😚❤️🙏

If you would like smaller cookies like 50g how much cooking time will you get

I did this today but I don't have walnuts, I didn't add another 50 grams of flour just 300g. For the sugar, I always use 70g brown and 30g white so 100g in total so it wouldn't be too sweet. Overall it was great it's just that I should have baked it for more than 10 minutes😭 it was quite raw inside although It was only around 40 grams each

Can I use chopped chocolate compound or this recipe will best work with chocolate chips only? Also, what is the size of the eggs? Is it large? Thank you!

Is there any difference using room temp butter and cold butter

This video is so good! One question tho, did you add vanilla extract?

Made these last week, best cookies I’ve ever had in 34 years and I don’t bake, great easy to follow instructions, very well put together video and incredible recipe! Thank you ❤️

if i wanted to make these red velvet version, should i just omit the walnuts and replace it with 2 tbsp cocoa powder?

Están deliciosas, pero en mi caso seguí las indicaciones tal cual y se aplanaron mis galletas, no quedaron como en el video, que pudo pasar??

Off all the recipes i tried this is the best!! Thanks for sharing!!

Hey in this vid you guya said the butter should be cold and cubed but in your websore it said it ahould be at room temp? Which one is correct?

La galletas le ponen bastante chocolate y nueces para que queden gorditas.. Eso hace que no pierda su forma al hornearse

i stumbled upon this and so sad i don't have a mixer :/ But do please tell me, do they stay soft for days and how do I store them? Like the vid ♥️

Hello there, just want to ask, how many minutes and what is the temperature if I am going to make a 3 oz cookie instead of 6? Looking forward to hear from you. Thanks!

Hi! I came across your recipe and the cookies look so GOOD. I would like to omit the nuts and make it two chip cookies. I’m wondering how many cups I should add for semisweet & dark chocolate chip in the recipe. Thanks in advance!

hey guys !hope you all are doing good ..so basically I love NYC style cookies and on the other hand I have recipe trust issues .....one day I was craving for NYC chocolate chip walnut cookie that day I searched a lot on NYC style cookie came across this RU-vid channel hijabs and aprons I watched her video 3 time ...and in the end I was literally drooling ..that day I tried her recipe and ladies and gentlemen believe me it turned out soooo good exactly like Levain before trying this recipe I have tried multiple recipe but they didn't turned out good even I tried cupcake Jemma it was okay but this recipe was firkin delicious ...if u have trust issue like me just believe in me and try this recipe I know many people relay on comments but trust me u will get amazing result just use good quality ingredients especially good brown sugar ,butter ,chocolate try using fresh eggs and fresh flour .. I didn't have granulated sugar so I just grind sugar and yes one more thing don't ever use cups while measuring cups trying using kitchen scale because in Pakistan mainly cups are not properly shaped you will get good result with cups but I u wane same results try using kitchen scale ...I am suggesting u guys because I 'm a home baker and have experience .. every cookie recipe have almost same ingredients but different ratio and I think this girl got the perfect ratio of ingredients . so proud of u leena ...and believe in me and try this recipe out well i am also running a page on insta @lillysbakeria do follow me thank u.

This is awesome. Il try it later. However i just ask you, what function in the oven should i use? Fan forced fan ( the fan on with a spin) or conventional mode. Thanks

Recipir ne ki

Mine keep coming out under cooked on the inside, but burnt on the outside

did you use room temperature eggs for this recipe? or were they straight from the fridge?

It feels like watching chefsteps, but longer

I would love to try this one. Do you have the Levain Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe too? Hope you made one. 😊