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I want to bake some 3-4" cookies for DH to take sailing tomorrow. (He crews for a skipper out of Annapolis who has a nice boat and is serious about sailing. Tomorrow is a day race from Annapolis to St. Michaels. All crew has been asked to lighten their on board load and to bring no food. The only exception is that DH can bring cookies!--Guess I have sorta become the official team cookie baker...) Anyway, I have several recipes that make smaller cookies, maybe around 2" cookies that I would like to make larger. Larger cookies seem to do better on the boat, smaller ones tend to crumble more. Do I need to adjust the cooking temp? I know I will have to adjust the cooking time.

As always, your thoughts are appreciated!

Thank you,

Barbara

 
Hi Barbara! I regularly send "care packages" to family and friends containing large cookies from

the book "Big Fat Cookies". I've even sent them to Italy and nephew claims they got there in one piece. If you'd like me to post a few of my favs, I'd be glad to.
The Heavenly Hash are wonderful!

 
Barvara in Va, Elinor Klivans Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies ....>

should fit the bill plus you will find several more of her Big, Fat Cookies on ivillage.com

The other cookies are:

Jumbo Black Bottom Coconut Macaroons
Butterscotch Marble Blondie Drops
Peppermint Patties

Thought it would be easier for you to search if you had the title of the recipe.

http://home.ivillage.com/cooking/recipes/print/0,,scj9,00.html

 
Barbara, I also have a bar cookie by Natalie Haughton for Rocky Road Oaties ....

which are wonderful. The cookie consists of Rolled oats, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter,semi-sweet chocolate chips, crunchy peanut butter and minature marshmallows. It is made in a 15 x 10 jelly roll pan and produces 50 2" x 1-1/2 inch cookies.

If you are interested let me know and I'll post it for you.

Gay

 
Barbara, if you decide to use the recipe you have and want to just change the size of the cookies

then no, don't change the temperature, just add baking time and perhaps switch pans midway between racks (in other words top cookie sheet goes on bottom rack, bottom cookie sheet goes on top rack halfway through)

 
Here ya go! REC: Top Heavy Heavenly Hash

Top Heavy Heavenly Hash

1 1/3 cups (8 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/3 cups (about 5 ½ oz.) walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 cup ap flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp. Baking soda
½ tsp. Salt
½ cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 ¾ cup mini marshmallows

Preheat oven to 325 F.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.

In a medium blow, stir the chocolate chips and nuts (I lightly toast the nuts) together and set aside. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt into a small bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, using a large spoon, stir the melted butter and sugar to blend them. The mixture will look grainy. Stir in the egg and vanilla until the mixture looks smooth and shiny. Stir in the flour mix to incorporate.

Drop heaping tablespoons (about 3 level tbsp.) of dough onto the prepared sheets, spacing them 4 inched apart. Bake one sheet of the cookies until the tops feel firm, about 14 min. The cookies will puff up during baking, then flatten.

Remove the sheet from the oven and, leaving a ½ inch plain edge all around each one, scatter about 12 marshmallows over each cookie. Sprinkle about a tbsp. Of the chocolate nut mix over the marshmallows. Return to the oven for 5 min. Remove the cookies. The marshmallows will be soft and the chips will melt but hold their shape. Cool for 10 min. on sheet then, using a wide metal spatula, transfer to a wire rack to cool. Bake second sheet in same way.

May be stored at room temp. in tightly covered container for up to 3 days.

Source: big fat cookies

If it’s hot in the kitchen, I put them in the frig so the chocolate will set faster I also individually wrap each cookie.
I also make one and a half times this recipe.

 
These are also terrific- REC: Butterscotch Marble Blondie Drops

Butterscotch Marble Blondie Drops

4 oz. Semi sweet chocolate, chopped
2 cups. A.p. flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temp.
2 cups lt. Brown sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla
3 large eggs

Preheat oven to 350F.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment

Melt the chocolate and set aside.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter, brown sugar, and vanilla until smoothly blended, about a minute. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl, as needed, during mixing. Add the eggs and mix until blended. About 1 minute. On low speed, add the flour mixture mixing just untio it is incorporated.

Drop heaping tbsps. ( about 3 level tbsp.) of dough 3 inches apart onto the prepared sheets. Drizzle about ½ tsp. Chocolate over the top of each cookie. Using a small sharp knife, gently swirl the chocolate once or twice through the cookie to marbleize it.

Bake one sheet at a time until the tops feel soft but set and the edges are lightly browned, about 11 min. Cool on baking sheets for 10 min. ( If you don’t wait at least 5, they’re too soft to remove) then use a wide metal spatula to transfer them to a rack to cool.

Can be stored, in a tightly covered container at room temp. for up to 4 days.

Source: big fat cookies

 
Barbara, I almost always make bigger cookies than the recipe calls for...

and I never adjust the temperature. I just pull them out when they look ready, and since I tend to like to underbake my cookies anyway (so that they stay soft (depending on the recipe of course)) I usually end up baking them the exact time the recipe states anyay.

 
Hi All, thank you for your help! I ended up making RuthSF's Chocolate and Walnut

cookies with the cocoa nibs, they are a nice size and quite "sturdy" as cookies go. I also tried a Sesame Coin cookie from Great Cookies and they didn't turn out so pretty but they are tasty! I gotta work on them some more. They have sesame oil in them and are covered with sesame seeds-YUM! I also made the Giant Ginger Cookies from Great Cookies and they turned out perfectly, with the addition of some crystallized ginger.

Another sailing/race day is coming up so I will make the heavenly hash and butterscotch marble ones from Cyn and Gay, thank you for pointing me in the direction of these, they both "look" great.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! I am on a "big cookie" roll!

 
I think Olga posted these Sunflower Seed cookies that are really good and different and make nice

BIG cookies. I usually skip the caramel topping. we like them crispy and plain.

Crispy Sunflower-Seed Cookies
from Canadian Living
1 c butter
1 c brown sugar, packed
1 c granulated sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 T vanilla
2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
2 c rolled oats
2 c crisp rice cereal
1¼ c salted sunflower seeds, or chopped pecans
Caramel Drizzle:
½ c brown sugar, packed
¼ c whipping cream
1/3 c icing sugar
In large bowl, cream together butter and brown and granulated sugars until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla.
In separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stir into creamed mixture. Blend in oats, rice cereal and sunflower seeds.
Form into 1” balls and place 2” apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten with floured fork. Bake in 350°F oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden.
Let cool on racks. Apply Caramel Drizzle.
Caramel Drizzle: In small saucepan, combine brown sugar and cream. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, and boil for 1 minute. Transfer to bowl and beat in icing sugar until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
Makes about 5 dozen

 
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