How can I make my cookies less cakey?

Question

I am trying a chocolate chip cookie recipe, and the cookies are coming out really kinda fluffy and cakey. How can I make them chewier and be moist and less fluffy? Here's the recipe I'm using. I don't know if you've ever had cookies at Arby's or Penn. Station Subs but that's the kind of texture that I'm looking for. These are baking for 11 minutes at 350.

3/4 c Granulated sugar
1 c Brown sugar
1 c Butter
1 tb Vanilla
2 Eggs, slightly beaten
3 c Flour
3/4 ts Baking soda
3/4 ts Salt
3 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Answer 1

Try less baking soda

Answer 2

Penn Station Cookie Recipe

Answer 3

Your recipe has too much flour to be chewy. Try reducing the flour by 1/2 cup and then make a test cookie. Add back flour one 1 Tbsp at a time until you get the desired texture. You can also cut out the regular sugar and use all brown.

Answer 4

Firstly, beat the ingrediants until they have just mixed - don't go for a light and fluffy mixture. Secondly, try your oven at a slightly higher temperature, so that they go brown on the outside and are still a little moist on the inside. If all else fails, halve your baking soda.

Answer 5

Have you rested the cookies? After i make a cookie dough recipe, I always rest my dough should twice. Once for at least and hour in the fridge,in a bowl. Then i get a teaspoon or whatever, then roll it into balls and leave it on a plate in my fridge for another hour so then i put them straight into a hot oven.

Answer 6

u might wanna turn up ur oven to 375 or 400 and bake these for 10 minutes or 9

Answer 7

baking soda causes your baked goods to rise. use less baking soda as the gentleman stated above. --- i bake