Wednesday, May 1, 2013

This Week's Sweets

Tips for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
1. Use REAL butter. Never use margarine. Never. Ever.
2. WHIP your sugars (white and brown) and butter on high speed until FLUFFY AND WHITE.
3. Use ROOM TEMPERATURE ingredients. I always crack my eggs into a small dish when I am getting all of my ingredients out and measured. This allows the butter mixture and eggs to beat together smoothly without the butter getting cold and clumping up.
4. SIFT together your baking soda, salt, and flour before adding to the wet ingredients.
5. Add your flour mixture ALL AT ONCE into your mixing bowl with the mixer turned off. Then beat on low to medium speed until combined. The less mixing you do, the softer your cookies will be. A lot of recipes say to gradually add the dry ingredients a little at a time. Be rebellious!
6. And last but not least, don't take the cookies out TOO SOON. The edges should be golden brown and the tops beginning to crack. If you take them out too soon, they will sink when cooling.

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