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ninathenana Wed 14-Feb-18 10:13:47

I'm asking for D can any of you experienced bakers tell her how to make chewy rather than brittle cookies ? She follows the recipe to the letter so is over working the mix or over cooking ?
I haven't baked for years blush

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janeainsworth Wed 14-Feb-18 10:29:02

I think the problem is the flour, nina.

Americans, who invented the cookie, use what they call 'all-purpose flour'.
It's different from our plain flour and our self-raising flour, but nearer to self-raising.
So I would use SR flour, and perhaps syrup instead of sugar, to keep the cookies moist, and be carefgulk not to overcook them.

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janeainsworth Wed 14-Feb-18 10:29:31

careful!!

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janeainsworth Wed 14-Feb-18 10:33:47

I have just googled and the whole subject of flour is very complicatedshock

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shysal Wed 14-Feb-18 11:31:15
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Recipes containing condensed milk always come out chewy for me. My favourite here, but more on the Carnation site.
www.carnation.co.uk/Recipes/58/Raspberry-and-White-Chocolate-Chunk-Cookies

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