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.
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.
You can make cookies without baking soda or powder by using ingredients like self-rising flour, cream of tartar, or eggs as leavening agents to help the cookies rise.
To make sugar cookies without using baking powder, you can substitute it with baking soda and cream of tartar. Simply mix 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda with 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar for every 1 teaspoon of baking powder called for in the recipe. This will help the cookies rise and achieve a similar texture without the use of baking powder.
No, baking powder is what makes cakes rise.
Of course! There are many recipes that don't contain raising agents, it just depends what type of cookies you are making. Shortbread has no raising agents, and neiter do sugar cookies and the kind that you cut shapes out of and ice with frosting. You probably could but they would be really flat because baking powder and baking soda makes them rise.
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.
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.
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
They will probably be a little flat, and possibly mushy.