52 Weeks of Baking

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Welcome to 52 weeks of theme-based baking! A new challenge each week of the year. This is a great way for beginners to learn, and for experienced bakers to expand their skill set and explore their creativity.

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Week 23: Celebration of Life - Tollhouse Cookies RIP Grandma (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Okokimup to c/52weeksofbaking

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I just read that the original tollhouse recipe from the 70s had water in it, so I added some. Presumably that's the way Grandma would have been accustomed to them. Mom said these were one of her faves.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The only water that I would normally add to a chocolate chip cookie recipe would have been in the form of butter. The water wasn't omitted, it's addition is the oddity.

[–] Flummoxed 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, I meant in the subsequent recipe, my apologies for lack of clarity. Seems it was because more water creates a crisper cookie, and people wanted fluffier.

Adding additional water can further hydrate the flour and make a cookie chewier. In larger amounts, water in cookie dough can cause a more drastic spread (increasing crispness) and a crinkled texture as the dough rapidly rises and falls in the oven, as seen in the pan banging cookies I mentioned above.