2008 Recipes-Tips on baking cookies

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TIPS ON BAKING COOKIES

If you want chewy cookies:   add melted butter.  Butter is 20 percent water.  Melting helps water in butter to mix with the flour to form gluten.

If you want a thin, candy-like cookie:  add more sugar.  Sugar becomes fluid in the oven and helps cookies spread.

If you want cakey cookies:  Add more eggs.  Yolks make cookies rich and whites cause cookies to puff and dry out.

If you want an open, coarse crumb and craggy top:  add baking soda.  Baking soda reacts quickly with acidic ingredients (such as brown sugar) to create lots of gas bubbles.

If you want a fine, tight crumb and smooth top:  Add baking powder.  Baking powder works slowly and allows for an even rise.

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