does anyone know how to make cookies stay thick

Riley
  • Posted by: Riley
  • April 14, 2016
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Susan L. April 15, 2016
Butter contributes to cookie spread. You can replace some of the butter with an extra egg yolk and the cookies will stay tender and fat. Adding more flour will produce a cake like cookie that is dry.
 
ChefJune April 14, 2016
In my experience, if I chill the dough thoroughly before forming the cookies, and don't press down hard on them before baking, they will stay thick. No extra flour needed.
 
ChefJune April 14, 2016
In my experience, if I chill the dough thoroughly before forming the cookies, and don't press down hard on them before baking, they will stay thick. No extra flour needed.
 
Susan W. April 14, 2016
Here is a food lab dissertation on chocolate chip cookies by Kenji at Serious Eats. I love his chocolate cookies. By reading his explanation of ingredients, you could tailor your cookies to your liking.

If you click on his cookie recipe link, I believe he tells someone how to achieve thicker results down in the comments.
http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2013/12/the-food-lab-the-best-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
 
ktr April 14, 2016
My mom always adds a little extra flour to make her cookies thicker. And she swears butter makes a thicker, softer cookie than margarine.
 
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