07-28-21, 01:45 PM | |
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Thanks! So far I've been lazy and it's just been the baseball!
I always freeze cookies. I can't have them on the counter or I can't control myself. When they're in the freezer I still eat a couple pretty much every day but I don't go crazy like when I see them on the counter! Okay, getting off my butt now...
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07-28-21, 02:23 PM | ||
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I generally only mess with the temperature if the recipe calls for that. I'm not much of a risk taker! |
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07-28-21, 06:42 PM | ||
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I'll try your advice when I bake. I love the recipes you guys posted too much not to taste for myself!!
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07-30-21, 02:31 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2014
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I usually just make the Nestle Toll House bc that's what hubby prefers but these are the ones I made the other day for my friend.
1 cup margarine, softened 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 package vanilla instant pudding mix 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 1/4 cup flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 package chocolate chips (I didn't use the full bag) I need to try some of the tips and recipes posted here! Yesterday I had to use up some ingredients so I made banana bars for the first time ever. Frosted them today but haven't tasted them yet. Next up is snickerdoodles.
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"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." "God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am." "You can't run from your problems. But you'll both feel a little lighter when you get back." ~New Balance shoe ad You don't have to be fast, just keep moving forward. Note to self: You don't get to complain about things you won't work to change! Word for 2024: Accomplished; Word for 2023: Grounded; Word for 2022: Consistency; Word for 2021: Mindfulness |
07-31-21, 02:15 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2002
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adawn...I have the Cooks Illustrated magazine with the thick, chewy cookie recipe in it. They have a baking temp of 375 and yours is 325. Is that a typo or do you bake them at 325? If so, seems like the baking time would be longer?
Thanks!! I'm definitely leaning toward this recipe, but making another recipe I found for some family taste testing. The other one is the same except no browning of the butter, just melted, still uses dark brown sugar though and this one uses corn starch. Same size cookies recommended at 3 Tbsp. We'll see how they all turn out! I've already decided I'm not making any with softened butter b/c they seems too finicky to mass produce and I'm also a bit too impatient! |
07-31-21, 02:30 PM | ||
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07-31-21, 03:15 PM | ||
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The Cook's Illustrated Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie is the one baked at 375 degrees and calls specifically for browned butter. Sorry if my original recipe post is confusing but it explains exactly what I do step-by-step. I sort of merge the two recipes in some respects. I mostly follow the Thick & Chewy recipe except that I do NOT do the plain melted butter. I brown 9 tbs butter in a pan and once that butter is browned I add it to 3 tbs butter in a bowl and stir until it's all melted together. And I also follow the mix/wait, mix/wait, mix/wait technique from the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. I can't remember if I've ever made the Thick & Chewy cookie recipe with just plain old melted butter as called for. If I did, I must not have liked it as well because I've been making them with the 9/3 browned butter ratio for over 5 years at least now. Browning the butter is the key to really good flavor. I have made the Perfect Chocolate Chip cookies a few times but it was years ago and they were excellent IIRC; I just happen prefer thick and chewy cookies. Hope this helps. |
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07-31-21, 04:46 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Baking is one of my biggest anxiety coping tools (plus I love it and, toot my own horn, I'm pretty darn good at it! ) so I can't really shut it down. I need it like I need baseball, yoga and running!
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"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." "God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am." "You can't run from your problems. But you'll both feel a little lighter when you get back." ~New Balance shoe ad You don't have to be fast, just keep moving forward. Note to self: You don't get to complain about things you won't work to change! Word for 2024: Accomplished; Word for 2023: Grounded; Word for 2022: Consistency; Word for 2021: Mindfulness |
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