How can I make cookies less dry and crumbly?
I have made these cookies once before. I stuck to the recipe and really liked the flavor, but found that they were very dry and crumbly. I would like to make them again with better results. Looking over the recipe, it seems like it does not have any ingredients that really bind it all together. I am wondering what I could add (and how much) to improve the texture of these cookies. Thank you!
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Welcome to the forum! Your recipe for Vanilla Latte cookies looks really yummy! However, confectionery sugar does make cookies crumble. I have actually moved away from cookie recipes with butter and margarine in them and depending on the type of cookie you want to make, you can now substitute oil for margarine/butter and keep the chewy, moist texture you probably are looking for. I don't have a recipe for the cookies you posted but I have a great chocolate chip cookie recipe I can share that has oil in it. One of the tricks to keep cookies chewy and not crumbly and hard is to underbake them by a couple of minutes. Cookies will continue to bake after they come out of the oven. So take them out a couple minutes before the recipe tells you to. Maybe that will even work with your recipe. Good luck and let me know if you want the recipe above.
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To avoid this, try using as little flour as possible while preparing to roll your dough. Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.Why are my cookies dry and falling apart?
There are several reasons why the cookies may have become dry and crumbly but the two most likely are that either the cookies were baked for too long or too much flour was added to the dough. The cookie should be baked only until the edges are slightly golden and the top looks a little wrinkled.How do you fix cookies that are too dry?
Add More Liquid Adding more liquid will not greatly affect the flavor of your cookies, and could be just the trick to fix your dry and crumbly cookie dough. Add a similar type of liquid to what the recipe has already asked for \u2013 this could be water, milk, eggs whites, or whole egg.How do you make cookies more moist?
Adjust Your Oven Temps You can try turning the temperature down when baking. A lot of cookie recipes use 350\xb0F as the preferred temperature, but if you lower it to 325\xb0F, your cookies will cook a little slower and retain more moisture.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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