it doesn't realy matter
No, they are intended to keep the bottom of the cookies slightly cooler so the top fully browns while keeping the cookie soft and chewy instead of becoming crisp and brittle. Don't use them for baking cookies that should be crisp and brittle, like ginger snaps.
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is a base compound. So it can be used to remove acidity.
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About 10 for a regular wash.
While it is possible, it is much better and easier to use the regular metal cookie baking sheet instead.
I have used them on cookies, and have seen them put in cake batter.
When you're baking cookies, if you use shortening instead of butter, your cookies come out higher. They don't spread as much as they do with butter, so your cookies turn out like the ones in the pictures instead of flat.
You might be able to use self rising flour for peanut butter cookies. It will act differently than regular flour, so omit ingredients that cause the cookies with regular flour to rise (baking soda) and be prepared for your experimental cookies to cook differently.
The recipe that I use calls for baking soda.
Yes
i say you use baking soda i use it every time i make cookies
Self-rising flour is regular flour that has baking powder and and salt added so the answer is: Absolutely. I often use self rising flour when baking, as I use less ingredients that way. I have done them both ways, with no difference in quality, or taste. Enjoy your cookies!
They'll explode! It happened to my grandma.
you use baking powder Another answer: No, there are some cookie recipes, such as shortbread, that do not use any leavening. But most cookies require either baking soda or baking powder, or in some cases, whipped egg whites.
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.
For most cookies you can't use oil in place of shortening.