Most cookie recipes seem to say "take a teaspoon of dough and roll it into a ball". Well, if you actually measured a teaspoon of dough, it would be about the size of a garbanzo bean. That just can't be right!! I always amend it to say "1 tbl. of dough", which is my smallest cookie scoop, leveled off.
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question for you baking gurus: when is a teaspoon of cookie dough JUST a teaspoon??
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luisa_calif
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Seems such a contradiction to use this type of measurement when
the recipe is anal about measuring the ingredients, either weighing the flour etc or "Make sure you sift/spoon lightly and level carefully"
I usually use a heaping teaspoon (using a flatwear spoon, not a measuring spoon) which I think works out to a Tablespoon.
the recipe is anal about measuring the ingredients, either weighing the flour etc or "Make sure you sift/spoon lightly and level carefully"
I usually use a heaping teaspoon (using a flatwear spoon, not a measuring spoon) which I think works out to a Tablespoon.
amanda_pennsylvania
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And there's a flip side to this.
I've been trying to cut back on sugar in my tea. I was using a regular flatware teaspoon, assuming it actually measured a teaspoon (16 calories). I was dumping a couple of rounded "teaspoons" of sugar into each cup of tea. I met with a nutritionist, who said to compare my flatware teaspoon with a real teaspoon. I was shocked to find that it was pretty much twice the amount. So I found a real teaspoon (so tiny!!!) in my silver box and am using that in my sugar bowl.
(Yes, it would be easier to give up sugar altogether, but I just can't manage that.)
I've been trying to cut back on sugar in my tea. I was using a regular flatware teaspoon, assuming it actually measured a teaspoon (16 calories). I was dumping a couple of rounded "teaspoons" of sugar into each cup of tea. I met with a nutritionist, who said to compare my flatware teaspoon with a real teaspoon. I was shocked to find that it was pretty much twice the amount. So I found a real teaspoon (so tiny!!!) in my silver box and am using that in my sugar bowl.
(Yes, it would be easier to give up sugar altogether, but I just can't manage that.)
richard-in-cincy
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And then there is the moment of amusement when
you look at the freshly baked cookies on your rack from the recipe that (Makes 64) and you make the final count...25.
So OK, I did eat one. But just one.
you look at the freshly baked cookies on your rack from the recipe that (Makes 64) and you make the final count...25.
So OK, I did eat one. But just one.
amanda_pennsylvania
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I know! I was shocked to think about how much sugar I'd been putting in my tea.