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Cookies
Originating in Persia, cookies have been a famous treat for children and adults alike for many years. Ask your quesitons about cookies of all kinds here.
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What are different mixing methods of cookie?
Cutting In Method;
This dough is usally rolled out and cut into shapes. The butter is incorporated into the flour by cutting it in with a pastry blender or 2 forks until the dough is crumbly. With this method the butter must be cold to prevent the dough from be too soft and sticky. This dough must not be handled much. The texture of the baked cookie will depend on the proportion of butter and sugar to the flour. The higher the butter content, the softer the cookie and the higher the sugar content, the crisper the cookie. After the butter is cut into the flour, eggs, yolks, or milk are added to bind the dough.
This process creates various different textures from soft to crisp to melt in your mouth. The dough is very versatile. It can be firm enough to roll out and soft enough to squeeze through a piping bag or dropped onto a baking sheet from a spoon. The butter needs to be at room temperature for this method so that the creamed mixture is smooth and fluffy. Doing this traps air in the mixture so that when it bakes, the dough rises to make a light and crispy cookie.
Most doughs prepared with this method can be rolled out right after mixing but some need to be chilled to be firm enough to roll out. If any dough is too soft or sticky to work with, just wrap it up in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for about 15-20 min. Try not to add too much extra flour causing the cookies to be tough.
Whisking Method;
This method makes cake-like cookies as well as very thin wafer cookies. The dough is spooned or piped onto baking sheets. Eggs and sugar are beaten together until the mixture is very thick. Beating with a mixer is ideal for this method but it can be done by hand as well.
Melting Method;
This method makes crunchy cookies as well as crisp thin ones like florentines. The dough can be spooned if soft enough or rolled into balls if too stiff like with gingersnaps. The dough will be sticky as it's being prepared but will become firmer if it is allowed to cool. Don't add more flour to this dough.
No-Bake Cookies;
Simple ingredients come together to make these cookies. They are simple to make but need to be chilled a longer time for a long time to give the ingredients time to become firm. Many of these cookies are held together with melted chocolate. It can be melted in a saucepan with butter and water or in a double boiler if it is being melted alone.
Meringue Cookies;
The main ingredient in most of these cookies is beaten egg whites. Thes cookies can either be piped into fancy shapes or spooned onto a baking sheet.
Refrigerator Cookies;
These cookies need to be chilled before slicing and baking them. The creaming method is used to make the dough. This dough is very sticky once prepared but after much chilling, it's firm enough to slice and bake. Most of these cookies spread so make sure to leave room between each one on a baking sheet. The dough is formed into a cylinder and wrapped in plastic wrap, waxed paper, or parchment paper. Twist the ends so the log looks like one big wrapped taffy. Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours or freeze for a couple of months. The advantage to making these types of cookies is that you can keep it in the freezer until you are ready to bake them and you can bake as many as you want at any time. Just rewrap the unused portion of the log and refreeze.
You have to dissolve the butter and sugar in the saucepan. After it is melted you add wholemeal flour or just plain flour and mix until a sticky texture is made. You will need some biscuit cutter to fill in your mixture with and then bake for 15-20 minutes.
What year were Girl Scout cookies first sold?
1917 was when they first started selling the cookies, but that started with only a few troops who were selling cookies that were baked back home. The first recorded sale was The Mistletoe Troop of Muskogee in Oklahoma some time in December of 1917. They were all home made until 1934, when a Philadelphians Girl Scout Council began to commercially bake and sell the cookies. Finally, in 1936, Girl Scout cookies went nation wide and are still freakin awesome to this day.
When does butter occur with cookies?
It makes the cookies more moist and chewy. Most people enjoy moist cookies than hard cookies.
Why do Tulsa Girl Scout cookies cost 4 and Oklahoma City Girl Scout cookies cost 3.50?
There are 8 Girl Scout Councils in Texas.
Cookies are $3.50 per box in all of the Girl Scout councils in Texas:
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest - Southern New Mexico & West Texas
Girl Scouts - Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas
Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains
What can you use instead of egg in a store bought cookie mix?
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/eggsub.html
How much money does a person spend in one month on snacks?
Americans tend to spend about 12% of their yearly income on average on snacks. The idea of what a snack is depends on the person.
When did cookies become popular?
1703.
yes this person is right but it was made by Jonathan Hewbeul when he was to mix an awkward ingrediant..so from taste testing and media analying he came to call them cookies because circle starts with C and cookies are circles, also the two "oo"s within cOOkies are circles.. makes sense dont it!!
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Can you give me an example of cookies made with the one stage method?
The one stage method is a very simple mixing method. All you have to do is scale out all ingredients. Make sre they're at room temperature. Thenplace all ingredients in a bowl. With a paddle attachment mix on low until uniformly blended.
What does that's just the way the cookie crumbles mean?
It means that's just how it is. That's life. It's not because of what you did, it's just how things are.
How do you make chocalate chip cookies?
preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit then get ur ingredients toghteher 1 cup of butter flavored shortening 3/4 cup of brown sugar, 3/4 cup of white sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tsp of vannila extract , 2 1/4 cup of all purpose flour, 1 tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp of salt, and 2 cups of milk chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of coconuts. the nxt thing you need to do is grease about to cookie sheets (recipe makes 24 cookies) in al large bowl cream together the butter flavored shortening the brown sugar and the white sugar until light and fluffy then you need to add the eggs one @ a time beating well with each addition then add the vannila extract. then combine the flour,coconuts, baking soda and salt gradually stir into mixture. then fold in the chocolate chip cookies drop by rounded spoonfulsonto the prepared cookies sheets bake 8-10 minutes the wala u have cookies so yep there alot better then a website!:)
Where can you find Archway Mexican wedding cookies?
Archway Cookies has filed for bankruptcy. :( No more Archway Cookies. Well, I guess there are still some available here and there across the country temporarily, but the Archway cookies will soon be gone forever. :( Christmas just won't be the same without Archway Wedding Cake Cookies!
Where can you buy hellema chocolate peanut cookies?
See the link below for a Dutch gourmet grocery shop in Michigan. Their shipping is decent too. I just ordered the Hellema Spicy cookies that i loved as a child; can't wait till they get here.
How much sugar does 7 UP have?
A 20 ounce bottle of 7 UP has approximately 25 grams of sugar. The same bottle has approximately 26 grams of carbohydrates.
When are the Girl Scout cookies on sale?
For Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), each Girl Scout council determines the dates of their cookie sale, however, most of them sell during the months of January through March.
You can go to the Girl Scout Cookie Finder web site, enter your zip code, and find out if your local council is currently selling cookies.
Do you need yeast for cookies?
Not unless the recipe specifically calls for yeast. The baking soda generally does the same thing.
Where can you buy voortman cookies in Missouri?
Yes you can, Voortman cookies are sold in almost all of the US states and Canada, in California they might go under the name Baker's Batch. I know they are definitely sold in California, because that is where the Baker's Batch plant is located, as far as Maryland goes, I would think there are available in that state also. I deliver them in NJ, and they are great cookies, and they sell fast!!
Does Stella doro still make pfeffernusse cookies?
I called the company - they were bought by Lance (which makes horrible cheap cookies) and they are moving the factory from New York to Ohio . THis was much in the news in New York. The woman I spoke with said that by Frebruary they will be gearing up again and after that the cookies will re-apear in stores. I hope they taste the same......
If a recipe calls for a cookie press does one have to be used?
A cookie press is not essential to making cookies, even if specified by the recipe; the cookie press simply compresses the dough and forces it through a hole designed to create various cookie shapes. You could simply roll out the dough (another way of compressing it) and cut or stamp into shapes as required, using a knife or cookie cutter. Cookie molds are also available, to shape dough or as ovenware to cook dough in various shapes.
One dozen is 12, so you simply have to multiply 12 by 5 to get your answer of 60 cookies.
