I tried my best to better last week's cookies, and I'm not sure if it worked as well as I hoped. I used the same recipe as last week.
I used the same ingredients that I used for last week's cookies, except that I only used 1 cup of butter instead of 1 1/4 cups of butter like my plan said to. That didn't seem to affect the end result like I'd hoped, but it was a noticeable difference nonetheless. In retrospect, while changing the amount of butter, I should have also lessened the amount of sugar.
Creaming the sugar this time around was more difficult. I tried my best to mix it less than last week, but having less butter and the same amount of sugar made the entire process much more difficult. I also accidentally added too much cocoa powder, but it doesn't seem like it was noticeable or affected the recipe all that much. I didn't chill the dough this time because of time constraints.
The cookies went through the same process that they did last week, puffing up in the oven and then deflating the moment I took them out. It doesn't seem like they deflated to the extent that they did last week, but it is definitely still a major problem. I baked them for about 9 minutes a batch.
I think I improved somewhat with this week's batch. I'm not really sure how to fix the spreading/flattening issue without taking away a huge portion of the butter, so I'll be moving on to a different cookie next week. I'll be making Snickerdoodles, which I've never actually tasted before, but should be a good try!
Come back next week for hopefully better bakin'!
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