Cookie Doctor

[OceanAnnie]

I have a large bowl of Nestle's Toll house chocolate chip cookie dough, made from scratch, that is in the fridge. I doubled the recipe the other night and made a few cookies. It was less than stellar. In my defense, I will say I was distracted a few times when measuring out a few things. Phone ringing, kids, dinner cooking -- I should have known.

So, the dough is kind of cakey. The cookies tasted okay, not great. The texture is off. Thick. I think one of the distractions might have been while I was measuring the flour (I might have put an extra bit of it in a time or even two). I don't know. Ugh.

I was thinking of trying to thin the dough with a little milk and see if that would do the trick. I have even thought of somehow making a batch of cookie bars, but I don't think that would work. The dough won't lay flat and spread, with a nice golden brown when baked. They just kind of stay the same shape and color. Cakish. When baked, they do taste "done", and the chocolate chips are melty.

They just aren't cutting it, in a nutshell.

I have a ton of dough!

Any suggestions? TIA.

 

[allyphoe]

Cakey sounds like too much egg / not enough butter. But if it is too much flour, anything you do that involves more stirring is likely to make the cookies tough.

 

[pixiewings71]

You can still just do bars, just press the dough into the pan with your hands, washed hands of course. Or you can use waxed paper to press the dough down. I'm not sure milk will help at all, I would lean more towards more egg or butter before adding any milk.

 

[Mermaid02]

You can still just do bars, just press the dough into the pan with your hands, washed hands of course. Or you can use waxed paper to press the dough down. I'm not sure milk will help at all, I would lean more towards more egg or butter before adding any milk.

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Eat the dough- and no I am not afraid of salmonella.

 

[DisneyScraps]

Once it's been mixed adding milk is going to be tough.

I say bake um up serve in a bowl with ice cream and chocolate sauce and no one will care.

Lisa

 

[Mermaid02]

And I'd undercook them a little.

 

[OceanAnnie]

This.
OR
Eat the dough- and no I am not afraid of salmonella.

I have been eating it! The dough tastes great. But it's too much even for a cookie dough lover like me.

I think I'll go with the bars. It would be a shame to waste all those ingredients.
Lisa is right. Serve it with a bowl of ice cream and no one will care.

Thanks you guys.

 

[mhsjax]

I made some peanut better cookies this Christmas, I got to the bottom of the bowl and it was very dry and not mixed up well and to dry to mix. I added milk. BIG mistake, the cookies were terrible when baked. They looked different too, thank goodness, because they did look different I was able to pick them out and through them away.

 

[Imzadi]

I'm not sure milk will help at all, I would lean more towards more egg or butter before adding any milk.

This is exactly what I thought. It's true though, the longer you mix cookie dough, the tougher it becomes.

I have been eating it! The dough tastes great. But it's too much even for a cookie dough lover like me.

I thought you could freeze cookie dough. Maybe separate it into smaller portions, and defrost when you just want a hit of cookie dough.

 

[OceanAnnie]

This is exactly what I thought. It's true though, the longer you mix cookie dough, the tougher it becomes.



I thought you could freeze cookie dough. Maybe separate it into smaller portions, and defrost when you just want a hit of cookie dough.

The funny thing is my DH and kids asked me for the chocolate chip cookies. I doubled it because they usually go pretty quick. I thought it would save some time to make extra. Now that I've made them, I'm a cookie monster! I didn't even want the things!

I have been trying a little at a time to get back into healthier eating. I slid on my good habits for quite a while. Lately, I've been cutting out soda, sugar, and salt. Well, scratch the sugar now.

I want to get rid of the stuff. If I have it stashed, I'll eat it all! And it would probably translate to a good 20 pounds on me.

 

[DeniseinNS]

When I saw the title Cookie Doctor I thought it was about the gynecologist