Cookie Question

[boychef]

Hi,

I have this recipe that calls for 1st creaming fat, then adding egg, folding sifted flour+soda+baking powder, then folding in choc chips.

Can anyone tell me what is the purpose of the soda and baking powder in this cookie recipe? I know that their usage in cake batter is to react and create CO2 for aeration. But cookie?

Can this type of cookie dough be made in advance and then freeze for future baking?

Thanks.

[castironchef]

Yes. They're there for leavening.

You're also creaming the fat to create lots and lots of seed bubbles, so that the CO2 generated by the acid-base reaction has something to inflate.

Don't think that cookies like that are leavened? Simply leave the leavening out and see what you get.

[Blade55440]

Originally Posted by boychef

Hi,

I have this recipe that calls for 1st creaming fat, then adding egg, folding sifted flour+soda+baking powder, then folding in choc chips.

Can anyone tell me what is the purpose of the soda and baking powder in this cookie recipe? I know that their usage in cake batter is to react and create CO2 for aeration. But cookie?

Can this type of cookie dough be made in advance and then freeze for future baking?

Thanks.

Well you have to realize that cookies were originally little bits of cake batter that were used to test how it would turn out.

Past that, yes you can freeze the dough and use it later, best thing to do would be form it all into little pucks so all you have to do is just pop em on a sheet tray and have at it.

[bgan10]

Thats impressive to hear. I never knew that at all. It sounds like an interesting recipe as well, thanks for that info!!

[boychef]

tks for the lovely info