Article: BAKING: This Is Where Things Really Heat Up

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 ...

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