One Ingredient That Changes Your Cookies
When it comes to cookies, are you team chewy or crispy? There’s science behind both, and one ingredient can make all the difference.
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I like my cookies the same way I like the best thing in life in my mouth. Soft and limp.
So could I just substitute all white sugar in the recipe for brown sugar?
Nobody prefers crispy. Nobody.
I love how ATK explains the "why" of cooking. Very helpful and respectful to the audience!
Thank you for this explanation! Very informative ❤
The best cookies I have ever had were made with molasses
I love chewy cookies
CHEWY AND MOIST❤
a hard crispy cookie is NOT a good cookie it's trash
It’s so hard to find brown sugar in Europe😔
I like to mix brown and white sugar because I like a crispy edge and a gooey inside
I wish US cooking sources would specify that American brown sugar is white sugar with molasses added back to it. That’s not the way they do it everywhere.
I demand a super crispy outside and a gooey inside!
Wow I never knew that
Honey for oatmeal–girl u crazy
I did not know this. Thank you. Now to complete my plan of making Freihofers chocolate chip cookies at home. (I cant buy them near me)
If anyone who knows Greek could help, how does hudor become hugr- as the root for this?
Would this affect pizza dough similarly?
Well explained 👏
Science is so cool.
A mix of both for that slightly crispy but soft inside texture. Also using shortening instead of butter
I prefer “the good cookie”.
Жующиеся печеньки – это говно. Печеньки должны быть хрустящие, иначе это собачья жевачка
Call me Han Solo, cause I like Chewy.
Crispy outer shell but tender inside
Just pour those cookies in to my mouth.
I find using brown sugar alone isn’t enough to achieve the chewiness I desire. Using lard alongside butter (I use 50/50) yields the chewiest cookies. 😋
Crispy edges with a chewy (not soft) center. Cookie should kind of be an onomatopoeia for eating one.
We can make the ultimate cookie then. Take brown sugar cookie ball. Wrap white sugar dough around ball.
Bake and now you have ultimate crunchy outside with chewy inside.
You know, this should have been obvious to me, but it wasn't. I really appreciate the simple explanation and easy to understand comparisons. THANKS!!!
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Science of cooking is like food for my brain. Absolutely love learning about the why of what we do! Good short.
Just give me cookie! CookieCookieCookie!
Chewy in the middle, and crisp around the edges.
CRISPY!
Sometimes I wonder if baking is just delicious alchemy
Thank you
Like desert sand. Zero chew, but crumbly.
Very difficult since most recipes go in a mushy direction..
What if you make it with sugar substitute?
Love the science behind it. Thanks!