Why are homemade cookies grainy?

Answer 1

Your homemade cookies are grainy because the sugars aren't completely dissolved in the butter (or other fat). The first thing that you want to do when making cookies is cream the butter & sugars together using a mixer of some sort. You want to beat the sugars and butter until the butter is light in texture (kind of fluffy) and pale yellow in color. You shouldn't be able to see the grains of sugar in the butter anymore. It usually takes about 2 mins to achieve this. Then you add the eggs and beat some more (maybe another minute and a half-ish). Then continue as directed in your recipe. It sounds like maybe you're rushing the recipe and not beating/mixing the ingredients long enough. Hope this helps.