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Hiya! A quick recap: One day it’s beautiful cookies and the next day they transform back into spreading ugly ducklings – what happened?! After our previous talk on (#3 Leavening), we have finally arrived at the final episode of the Chewy Cookies Series, which is also leading up to my classic chocolate chip cookies recipe. Get excited!! #4: Ingredients As mentioned previously, I have been using the same recipe to replicate my cookies. However the fact is, I have been taking it lightly when it comes to picking out the exact ingredients, changing my constants into variables instead. *Below I have only identified a few ingredients which I may have…

I have been known for cutting school quite often in the past, not because I think I’m smart enough, but because I don’t like being forced into acquiring certain types of knowledge knowledge… that I might find pointless atm.. However there was one class that I would always try to attend, Chemistry Lab. My chemistry teacher loved to torture us. She would give us the experiment of the day but we would not be allowed to leave school until we finished the experiment and handed up our reports. Her favourite thread was “call a cab because you’re going to miss the school bus”. Anyway, that was never an issue for…

Hello everyone! I don’t know much about weather science, but I am truly convinced that there are only 2 seasons in the United Kingdom: 3 months of glorious summer and 9 months of winter (cries). A quick recap: One day it’s beautiful cookies and the next day they transform back into spreading ugly ducklings – what happened?! Moving on from my first puzzle (#1 Measurements), this post is in continuation to my Chewy Cookies Series, and en route to my classic chocolate chip cookies recipe. Let’s jump straight into it! #2: Temperature Temperature is simply the most imperative variable responsible for the outcome of your cookies. Baking at the right…

I am going to start off with everyone’s favourite: classic chocolate chip cookies. SO a couple of weekends ago, I decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies (at my boyfriend’s place) and they turned out to be the most PERFECT cookies I had ever baked. There might, however, have been some accidental magic whereby I forgot to soften my butter (as the butter has to be soft enough for creaming) so I microwaved the whole pyrex bowl containing the sugar + butter mixture (LOL). The texture wasn’t as coarse after microwaving but definitely was not as runny as using melted butter. FYI, do NOT follow this procedure please, it is…