Amount of Flour?

Question

Why does the amount of flour matter when you bake cookies?

Answer 1

PEACE --- The flour is the main ingredient
in every baking formula the other ingredient's are an exact % of the weight of the flour . That is why commercial baking formulas (recipe's ) are in pounds and ounces. So they will be more exact. In home recipe's where cups and spoon's are used there is a greater chance of getting the recipe out of balance . But it is more convenient because most home bakers do not have scales. But it is emportent to keep the measurements as close to the recipe as possible. I hope this helps you. jim b

Answer 2

Because it makes the dough thick enough to hold the shape of the cookie. If you do not use enough flour in say, chocolate chip cookies, they will be paper thin... if you use too much they will be like hard little mountains. Follow the recipe and adjust as necessary.. sometimes you need more due to altitude, or perhaps you have not measured correctly. It is a good thing to make a note in your cookbook if you make a change...Today I made a new cookie recipe, and just decided to add more peanut butter to it.. It came out so well, I may want to make it again, so If I write it in the recipe area.. I can do that.

Answer 3

Whatever you're baking could come out like a gummy delight! Not very tasty! :( Too much flour can make your recipe heavy and prevent the air required for a light and fluffy consistency from remaining in your pastry. The result of too much flour is a lot of gluten produced, especially if you overwork your dough (i.e combining flour for a biscuit or pie crust) which needs a flaky consistency.

Answer 4

too much flour - cookies will fall apart
too little flour - they will ooze all over the baking sheet

think about it: what other ingredient would make up the "substance" of the cookies? eggs? milk?

Answer 5

It affects the type of cookies you are trying to produce. Too much flour makes the dough too stiff and too little makes it too loose...

Answer 6

Because baking, unlike other types of cooking, is an exact science. There are a lot of chemical processes going on and everything has to be just right for it to work properly.

Answer 7

You're kidding, right?