How do I get my cookies chewy?

Question

Using the typical tollhouse recipe on the chocolate chip bags, they turn out too hard and crunchy. My oven is fine and I do not want them doughy or undercooked, just chewy. Less baking soda? what?

Answer 1

The difference is the bread flour in these cookies. They are easy and really really good. I add a cup of toasted pecans and I use semi sweet,milk chocolate and dark chocolate chips. Everyone raves over these cookies. It's worth stocking the extra ingrediants in you pantry.


The Chewy
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
Show: Good Eats
Episode: Three Chips for Sister Marsha
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 1/4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Hardware:
Ice cream scooper (#20 disher, to be exact)
Parchment paper
Baking sheets
Mixer

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.
Pour the melted butter in the mixer's work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Chill the dough, then scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

Answer 2

This recipe was "invented" by accident by a friend who misread a recipe and used oil instead of crisco. It makes the BEST chey chocolate chip cookies.

Preheat oven to 350º

Put in mixer and blend:
2/3 cup Margarine
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup sugar
Add and keep mixing (just leave the mixer on as you add stuff – the more blended the better)
2 eggs
Add and keep mixing
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
Add and keep mixing
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
Add and stir in
12 oz chocolate chips

Drop onto ungreased cookie sheets, and bake for 8-9 minutes. The cookies should not look brown at all, but should look barely cooked.
Cool on countertop. You should have to tilt the cookie sheet to remove with spatula. That’s how limp they should be.
Makes about 4-5 dozen.

Answer 3

I'm with you on that topic!
This is what we discovered and we love them...we go to Papa Murphy's Pizza and buy their chocolate chip cookie dough. We then add a few white chocolate chips & a little coconut to the batter and then bake. For some reason their cookies are SO much better than Toll House. I think they use less brown sugar and they're always soft & chewy esp. if you store them in a plastic baggie after cooking!
We never use Toll House any more.

Answer 4

Cookies are still cooking on the inside when you take them out of the oven.

Using more brown sugar will result in softer, chewier cookies, and using more white sugar will result in cookies that are flatter and crisper.

If you want them moist and chewy, you must take them out of the oven a few minutes early. Let them set up before removing them from the baking sheet.

If you leave them in the oven the complete baking time, you must immediately remove them from the baking sheet which is still hot and will continue to cook them to a crisp if you let them cool down on the hot baking sheet.

Answer 5

cookies that are crispy have high fat, sugar content

if you want them chewy get a recipe with high sugar/ liquid content. dont over bake them. bake your cookies only till they are light golden brown and if they are sugar cookies u know they will be done when they become golden around the edges.
dont add less baking soda it kelps the cookies rise.

Answer 6

Go to http://www.food.yahoo.com/recipes/allrecipes/15004/award-winning-soft-chocolate-chip-cookies

That recipe was great and the cookies turn out so soft and chewy because of the vanilla pudding mix, It says it makes so much but i don't usually end up with more than i need =)
Trust me, everyone will want some.

Hope it works well for you,
Kim

Answer 7

Ok for example, when you cook your cookies you're going to want to take the cookies out a few minutes early that will make them moist , warm and gooey! yummy! Good Luck!

Answer 8

Step 1:beat mix WELL
Step 2:cook with butter spray on pan
Step 3:let cool
Step 4:enjoy

i dunt know if that will help but thats whta my gram grams says ^^

Answer 9

LOOK HERE!!!!

I have a for sure way to soften your cookies...after they are cool put them in a ziploc bag with a piece of bread...Go ahead..try it. It is amazing! You'll see. 2 pieces if you put alot in the bag. I put them in the bag at night and the next morn/afternoon they are as soft as can be..for real!

Answer 10

Turn your oven down a little bit. Also don't let them get too dry.