Cookie dough recipes generally call for either baking soda or baking powder, which create gas that expands and causes the dough to rise while baking.
put baking powder into the cookies.
don't think you can, they wont rise .There are cookies that have no leavening.
To make my cookies rise, I use shortening instead of butter. Answer The cookies rise depending on the baking powder, salt, baking soda or creme of tartar ingredient that is included in the recipe. Of all of these, the dates on the baking powder and creme of tartar make a difference in their effectiveness. Make sure that you include the full measure of the amount requested by the recipe and that you bake the dough soon after mixing it. Check that your oven is at the desired temperature.
No, baking powder is what makes cakes rise.
yesMore information:Although the purpose of adding baking soda to cookie dough is to help the cookies rise, adding baking soda to a recipe that does not call for it could have the opposite affect. Too much baking soda, or adding baking soda in addition to baking powder, might also ruin the taste of the cookies.
One is not better than the other. Baking soda will make the cookies crisper, and make them rise more. Baking powder will make them softer. Take your pick. I baked cookies with baking soda and it made the cookies look more like sticky bread than cookies. You absolutely can NOT use baking soda at all. Baking powder is for cookies, baking soda is for stuff you want to rise (like bread). The answer above is false.
the purpose of baking powder in a cake is to make it rise and not make it flat and if you put too much of baking powder your cake might burst in the oven/microwave what ever you use
A couple of reasons are the your baking powder is old and no longer works or the cookies were too warm when they went into the oven and they spread too quickly before they could rise. Try buying some fresh baking powder and chill your dough in the fridge for an hour before putting the cookies on the pan to bake.
actually there aren't any recipes for chocolate chip cookies without baking soda. it isn't impossible u use self-raising flower instead of using baking powder
Baking powder is used as leavening in baked goods such as cookies, cakes, quick breads, biscuits and pancakes. It creates gas in the batter that causes the product to rise.
They will probably be a little flat, and possibly mushy.
Baking soda reacts with any acid in the other ingredients to make cookies rise.
to make it rise and be less dense