okay, so, i've made the batter, added the choc chips and nuts...but the batter is too runny....? what did i do? i followed the recipe exactly....so? what do i do?
this is the recipe: http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=18476
help!
2006-07-06 08:52:46 · 12 answers · asked by persian_fereshteh924 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Did you allow the butter to soften on its own, or was it melted to speed the process? Melted butter and softened butter are not the same and will change the consistency of any batter.
Was the brown sugar packed tightly? Not enough brown sugar could have made the batter a little thinner than usual.
Was a tablespoon of vanilla accidentally used instead of a teaspoon? That's happened to me before. You wouldn't think that such a small amount of liquid could change the batter much, but it can.
What size egg did you use? Using extra-large eggs in addition to a slight measuring mishap described above could throw your batter consistency off.
Did you decide to leave the nuts out? Nuts can be very absorbent...and leaving them out of a recipe formulated with nuts could make the batter thinner than usual.
I'm not trying to insult your intelligence with these suggestions -- I just went down the list of ingredients to see what could happen if something was mis-measured or omitted. I've had this sort of thing happen to me before. Try baking one cookie and see the results before tossing the whole bowl down the drain. If they don't turn out with the right consistency, try putting the cookie dough in a mini-muffin pan and make cookie "cups." The form of the mini-muffin would help to keep your dough from spreading out and it may turn out to be a very tasty cookie!
2006-07-06 09:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by southernserendipiti 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you add more flour it'll be less runny but you should cook a few runny ones first before you change the recipe.
2006-07-06 15:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by tamtamgp7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Increase flour to 3 cups and only use one egg. That's one messed up recipe yo! Use bitter sweet chocolate instead of the yucky semi sweet
2006-07-06 16:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by elvee13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of butter did you use? The recipe calls for butter, so you should use butter. if you used margarine (especially diet margarine) it contains a good deal of water and could have made your batter runny. Butter is better!
2006-07-06 16:33:59 · answer #4 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that all the nestle recipes are not very good. Try Hershey's.com. Everthing I have made from there is great and easy to make.
2006-07-06 16:01:52 · answer #5 · answered by Jade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you put in enought flour? It's 2 cups, plus another 1/4 cup - the only thing I could see that you might have done is put in 1/4 cup two times. But it's two-and-a-quarter cups.
Am I right?
2006-07-06 15:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never put nuts in my cookies, yea just add a little more dry ingredients like flour and maybe some more baking soda
2006-07-06 16:07:02 · answer #7 · answered by Tabetha a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just throw it in the fridge for about 30 minutes. to make put a new spin on the recipe i put in 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract
2006-07-06 16:32:34 · answer #8 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe add flour, tollhouse also makesthe ready to bake ones they are sold naer the dairy section. All you do is rip and put them on a pan to bake.
2006-07-06 15:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by dyyylannn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Mom always uses half butter and half crisco in hers for the shortning, not just one or the other. Try that.
2006-07-06 16:01:38 · answer #10 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋