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Baking soda makes the cookies "keep together" and not spread, crumble or fall apart when you take them out of the oven.
Yeast also works, but it makes the cookies taste bad. Yeast is mostly only used for bread and such.
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Will baking soda help cookies 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.
What does baking soda do for cookies?
keeps you from indigestion and heart burns
In baking cookies what can you sustitute for baking soda?
you can substatute by using any form of yeast.
Do cookies taste beter with out baking soda?
Baking soda is essentially tasteless. The flavor won't be affected much either way. However, i wouldn't recommend baking them without soda because it alters the baking process. If you don't want to put baking soda in, I suggest just eating the dough.
Can cheap or old baking soda cause cookies not to rise?
yes, it will affect the checmical process.
What makes cookies biggerbaking powder or baking soda?
baking soda makes cookies bigger
Why do you need baking soda in cookies and not baking powder?
Baking powder is a rising agent, designed to make breads and cakes soft and fluffy. This is usually not desired in cookies.
Will baking soda help cookies 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.
Do dutch cookies use baking soda or baking powder?
The recipe that I use calls for baking soda.
Cookie baking with baking soda and baking powder?
i say you use baking soda i use it every time i make cookies
Why put baking soda in cookies?
What is mean add one teaspoon of soda in a cookies?
'Soda' refers to baking soda.
What does baking soda do for cookies?
keeps you from indigestion and heart burns
Can you cook oatmeal cookies without baking soda?
no
How Does the color change in cookies when baking soda is added?
It does not. -.-
How do you make peanut butter cookies with no baking powder and no baking soda?
don't think you can, they wont rise .There are cookies that have no leavening.
Why do you use baking soda in cookies?
Only if the recipe calls for it. Some recipes only call for Baking Powder. It is as simple as reading the recipe you have in front of you.
