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Can anyone offer an explanation why I get runny spreaders among my medium-sized cookie batches.

All balls are weighed uniformly before storage in the freezer, before baking. Upon baking, about 1-2 out of 16 would be these horrible runny cookies that spread too early and too wide

While it's easy to assume that these spreaders had less share of choco chips, it's actually the contrary since the spreaded/streched parts actually have choco chips though melted and flattened.

I wonder if anyone can identify the issue. Find the spreaders in the 2nd and 3rd line

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Best Answer

I had the same problem until I learned how to stop it. Here is how. When you drop your dollop of cookie dough onto your cookie sheet, press it down so it's "pre-spread" out. Then you'll more reliably have right sized and shaped cookies because the dollop isn't melting down so much. You don't need to squash it all out full sized, just push it down so it's not ball shaped anymore.

It helped me a lot with choco-chip cookies.



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How do you get cookies to spread?

How to make cookies spread
  • Do not refrigerate your cookie dough before shaping the cookies. ...
  • Use melted butter rather than softened room temperature butter.
  • Increase the fat content in the cookies.
  • Use more white sugar and less brown sugar.
  • Make sure your baking powder is not old.
  • Add more liquid to your batter.


    • Why is my cookie spreading so much?

    Cookies spread because the fat in the cookie dough melts in the oven. If there isn't enough flour to hold that melted fat, the cookies will over-spread. Spoon and level that flour or, better yet, weigh your flour. If your cookies are still spreading, add an extra 2 Tablespoons of flour to the cookie dough.

    Why are my cookies not spreading enough?

    The most common reason why your cookies don't spread is that you've added too much flour. Adding more dry ingredients than the recipe calls for can result in a dough that is too stiff. Moisture and fat in the dough are soaked up by the excessive amount of flour which takes away its ability to spread.


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