When cooking peanut butter cookies, is there a reason to smash them down with a fork before cooking them? Or do you just do it because everybody else does?
2007-10-27 15:24:48 · 5 answers · asked by J P 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
They cook better if they aren't heaped in the middle, the consistent height you get by squishing them with a fork makes them cook more evenly.
2007-10-27 15:31:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kriis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the look of the fork marks on the cookie, it says "peanut butter".
2007-10-27 15:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are actually a rolled cookie that cooks more evenly and faster if they are flattened. The fork was just a way to make it look interesting.
There are other rolled cookies that aren't flattened... you could leave them in balls and roll them in sugar...
2007-10-27 15:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by Michele J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are a drop cookie-probably started with somebody who wanted flatter cookies and now it's tradition : )
2007-10-27 15:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by barbara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FOR LOOKS
2007-10-27 15:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by Terry S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋