The Most Overlooked Baking Ingredient? | What’s Eating Dan?
Dan Souza explains why cocoa powder is a crucial baking ingredient, but is often overlooked. He shows how Dutch-processed, high-fat cocoa creates richer flavor and moister texture than natural or low-fat varieties. Using our hugely popular recipe for chocolate crinkle cookies, Dan highlights how cocoa’s pH and starch content dramatically affects baked goods. The cookies…