Pam and Connie (Levain founders) show up to the throw down with their dough already made, so it was difficult to do much observing of the actual cookie making process in the video clip. In order to make a cookie that tastes, looks and has the same texture of the Levain cookie, I started by watching an episode of Bobby Flay’s Throwdown, where the Levain Bakery owners and Bobby Flay bake up a batch of cookies and judges pick their favorite cookie. Observations, baking tips and how I came up with this copycat Levain Bakery recipe… Don’t take something that doesn’t belong to you. No, just a cookie casualty… Maybe this gentleman did purchase the cookies, but it sounds like a possible cookie heist to me. Picture me, reading this text from Maria, about what happened to the cookies, and saying over and over again, “OH MY GOSH” Grant thought maybe someone had passed away. He approached the man and said “I believe that is my wife’s bag of cookies she left on the plane.” (awkward, right?) The man looked startled, but acted like they were his cookies, although he had no story to share or no retort for the insistence by Maria’s husband that they were Maria’s cookies. Her husband saw a man leave the plane with the cookies in hand… Maria tried unsucessfully to re-board the plane. After she left the plane, she realized she had left the cookies onboard. Maria was kind enough to buy a few cookies, had them packaged up and carried them back on the plane to SLC in a cute little Levain Bakery bag. At one point, I asked her to pick up a cookie for me if she was close to the bakery again before returning home… for research purposes. We were texting back and forth and talking about some of the fun restaurants and treats they were enjoying in the city, including Levain cookies. My friend Maria was visiting her kids in New York last year. I want to help you keep your integrity intact. These cookies are a HOT item. After eating one of the Levain cookies, I knew it was my duty to create a make at home version of the Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookie. Many of you have been to Levain, and NEED this recipe. Unless they leave the cookies on the plane. If you have a friend visiting NYC, having them hand deliver cookies is a sweet option. The shipping is what increases the price of the cookies. I don’t ever recall eating cookie that was worth $35 per cookie. Did you just pass out? I’ve eaten a lot of cookies in my lifetime. Last, but not least, next day (early) delivery is $108.50 or $34.94 PER COOKIE. The next option is $81.50 for next day air, which is about $27 per cookie. The least expensive shipping option (to Utah, 2 day air) will set you back approx $64 or about $16 per cookie. And who wants to wait 2 days when they have a chocolate chip cookie craving? Levain cookies are sold four to a package in the smallest package available. Reason 4. Affordability of shipping: The mail order option, in my opinion, is not very affordable for most people. Location- If you don’t live in NYC, (and who does?) I mean, only about 8 million people, but most of them don’t read this blog, which brings us to the out-of-towner option, having the cookies shipped. But when you consider you can make 8 at home for about a dollar per cookie, the make at home option starts to look very attractive. So one cookie or two or three are affordable.
Four dollars a cookie is a reasonable price, given the size of the cookie. Reason 2. Cost- At $4 per cookie, if I lived in NYC and could run down the street to buy a cookie whenever I had a craving, it would be an easy choice. They are delicious- See all of the above reasons. Why recreate the Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookie? New Yorkers faithfully stand in the Levain line, patiently waiting for their cookie fix. Anything with a long line in NYC= (usually) an experience you don’t want to miss. Hype: New Yorkers love to wait in line! No really.
The cookie is baked at a high temperature, and mounded high, allowing the outside of the cookie to crisp up perfectly while the middle barely gets baked and creates puddles of chocolate in the cookie dough. Texture: Perfect combination of crisp outside and incredibly gooey center. The Levain cookies deliver in both the size and deliciousness categories! I’ve purchased big cookies in the past, only to be disappointed that the flavor didn’t match up to the size of the cookie. If you are forking out $4 per cookie (price in 2016 when this post originally went live), you want a cookie you can sink your teeth into. Everything is is big and flamboyant in NYC, and Levain cookies are no exception. Why is the Levain Chocolate Chip Cookie so popular?
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