Calling all bakers - flat cookies

[Manders77]

For me the type of flour matters.. I've made my recipe with generic flour (Walmart brand) once to save $$$. Never again. I only use Pillsbury flour. I only use butter as well.

 

[vegasnative]

I'm so glad I saw this. I made cookies the other day for classroom parties and they all came out super flat. One of the recipes said to chill the dough before baking for an hour to prevent this, so I did, but they still were flat.

I also know that I haven't bought baking powder in a looong time, and probably the same with the baking soda. I'm going to get new stuff and try the recipes again and see if that makes a difference....thanks for the tips.

I bought new baking powder & baking soda and made the cookies again and this time they did not flatten. So for me, that must have been what it was. They turned out 100 times better this time.