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Article: BAKING: This Is Where Things Really Heat Up
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 12, 2007
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I wonder why my cookies crack after they bake.
ROSE B.: Cookies that are not meant to crack on the top may do so
after baking or just toward the end of baking if they are overbaked.
Because cookies are so small, they continue to bake on the sheet
even after removal from the oven. Try baking them in less time.
If that doesn't help, use superfine sugar, or grind granulated
sugar to a finer consistency in the food processor. The finer the
sugar, the smoother the cookie.
All of my baked cookies go flat. I have had cookies that look
great fresh out of the oven and then go flat in minutes, and I have
had cookies go flat in the oven. I have an oven thermometer, I have
tried hand mixing and have ...