Advice to make your cookie chewy, thin crispy or puffy cakey

foodmuse

Well-known member
Hi there,

I'm always looking for a good chewy stick in you teeth cookie recipe.

I found this advice(pasted in below) and thought I'd post it for anyone else who doesn't like cookies that taste more like cake, or for those who do.

I found this at http://www.foodieview.com/blog/

I'm not so sure about that first piece of advice... make cookie dough with melted butter?

Muse

Chewy Cookies

Use melted butter instead of creaming cold butter.

Remove cookies when they look slightly underdone.

Use a high ratio of brown sugar to white sugar, or substitue a little liquid sweetener such as honey, molasses, or corn syrup for the same amount of sugar.

Use more egg yolk instead of whole eggs.

Reduce the amount of baking soda or baking powder. These are leaveners which lend the cookie a more cakey texture.

Thin, Crispy Cookies

Use butter as the main fat. It has a lower melting point than shortening, so the cookie will spread out thinner.

Use more white sugar than brown sugar. You could just use all white sugar.

Bake cookies until well done.

Puffy, Cakey Cookies

Use shortening instead of butter.

Make sure that you mix the shortening well with the sugars until it is very light and fluffy.

Use cake flour instead of all-purpose flour.

Use more egg.

Use baking powder instead of baking soda for leavening. It makes the cookie puff up more.

 
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