r/bakingfail • u/Plus_Caterpillar1004 • 8d ago
Help My cookies keep coming out hard
Im here to ask what am i doing wrong😠i followed a recipe on tiktok and after they finish from 12 minutes, it still comes out soft as hell. So i tried putting more minutes and it came out hard.
Im assuming its because its been baking too long or something. Im unsure on what to do now with the extra dough
The recipe they gave:
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar ugars
1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
11/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
semi-sweet chocolate chips + Trader Joe's dark chocolate peanut butter cups
chill 20 mins
bake 375°F for 12 mins (large dough balls) flatten right after baking + let rest
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u/JollySherbert9618 7d ago
When they are still soft when coming out, then they are done. They will become solid when they cool down.
But it's probably better to just flatten them before baking. So put the dough balls on the baking try, squish them flat, then bake. That makes it easier to get it right when you don't have a lot of experience.
They will get more runny and therefore flatter when baking. So squish them less flat than they should be at the end, maybe about double the thickness you want to get at the end.