Not refrigerated dough, but refrigerating the stuff you make at home.
Refrigeration allows the dough and other ingredients to fully soak up the liquid — in this case, the eggs — in order to get a drier and firmer dough, which bakes to a better consistency. For a chocolate chip cookie recipe, a long hydration time is important because eggs, unlike water, are gelatinous and slow-moving and the butter coats the flour preventing the liquid from getting through to the dry ingredients. The extra time in the fridge dispatches that problem.
Some bakers suggest overnight, others days. Anywhere from 12-72 hours. 36 hours is the most recommended. If you can wait that long.
Refrigeration allows the dough and other ingredients to fully soak up the liquid — in this case, the eggs — in order to get a drier and firmer dough, which bakes to a better consistency. For a chocolate chip cookie recipe, a long hydration time is important because eggs, unlike water, are gelatinous and slow-moving and the butter coats the flour preventing the liquid from getting through to the dry ingredients. The extra time in the fridge dispatches that problem.
Some bakers suggest overnight, others days. Anywhere from 12-72 hours. 36 hours is the most recommended. If you can wait that long.
8 comments:
Oooh I really like your blog. It's so informative! Thanks for this tip about cookies.
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We just stumbled on your blogs and love them both! I think we arrived here via a link from Lifehack...or something like that. Actually ,we arrived at your other blog and then managed to find our way over to the calorically inclined spot!
This is a great tip (as are the others) and we will be sharing it with others who also make cookie dough from scratch. Thanks for all the info!
We'll be back to visit both fabulous spots,
tp
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i've never heard of this but I might try it!!
I never knew you could / should chocolate chip dough! The only cookie dough I've put in the fridge over night was sugar cookie dough! Thanks.
Those cookies looks delightful! I almost could lick the screen...yum!
Happy Monday!
-Sandy toes
Hey I just saw you commented on my blog. . so I jetted over to see what yours was all about. . What I do is I bake all my cookies then freeze them. . that way they are all ready cooked and all I have to do is stick them in the micro for 30 seconds and wa. . lah! I have a warm cookie. That way I don't eat 12 cookies in a sitting. I can make a batch and eat 2 and save the rest for later!
Thank you for the tip! I just found this blog. What great cooking tips!
Thanks for the tip! Those cookies do look amazing!
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