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What am I doing wrong?? re: Baking
Lately whenever I bake cookies they ALWAYS turn out flat and burnt. I follow the recipe to a "T" so I feel like I'm not doing anything wrong. (Of course, I very easily could be, as baking is NOT my strong suit)... is it the WAY I'm mixing things? I just have a basic handheld mixer. I'd like to blame it on my oven but when I cook dinner, I don't seem to have a problem.
Kristy
Re: What am I doing wrong?? re: Baking
Try chilling the dough first.
I find that bread flour, rather than AP flour, gives me chewier cookies. I also check on the cookies and rotate the pans every few minutes ... plus I find that the recommended baking times are a couple minutes too long for me. Some ovens cook differently than others.
Their is a picture near the middle of this page that shows 10 different cookies see which one yours looks like and it tells you what the problem might be.
http://theperfectchocolatechipcookie.com/instruct.php
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That's what I thought too so yesterday when I baked, I made sure to use a brand new box of baking powder.. everything else was pretty new too.
It's very possible that I over-mixed, or maybe didn't use enough flour.. I'm going to give baking one more try and then I'm going to stick to cooking
This confuses me. Why not? I use my stand mixer for everything I bake and never have any problems.
i have never had an issue with flat cookies using a mixer. over mixing yields tough cookies, not flat ones.
most likely your oven temperature is off. when you go to the food store next time go to the baking aisle and get an oven thermometer.
Thanks.... I found it on Pinterest. I thought it was cool because I can cook .....but baking is not my strong suit.