Space out your Cookies | Baking Tips & Techniques | Betty Crocker UK (2024)

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Spacing Out Your Cookies

Easy Add-In: After creating the dough according to the sugar cookie mix instructions, Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream to create a tangier, cakier and all-around more flavorful cookie. Flavor Twist: For a punchier twist, swap the water in the sugar cookie mix instructions for rum, bourbon or coffee liqueur.

If you handle the dough too much when making cutout sugar cookies, they'll get tough.

You can also add a little more brown sugar as this ingredient has molasses in it, and creates a softer consistency. Betty Crocker™ recommends just a few minutes less time in the oven will help you achieve the chewy texture you're looking for. Experiment with different timings to get the chewiness that's right for you.

For added texture, you can stir nuts into your cookie dough, Newgent said. You can use common nuts like pecans, walnuts, or macadamia nuts, she said, but for a homemade feel, you may want to use ones that aren't commonly found in store-bought cookies, like pistachios.

With Betty Crocker's new Batchables Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, that's exactly what you can do. Whether you're craving 4 or 24 cookies, simply measure the mix, add milk or water and bake! The resealable package means you can save the rest of the mix for another day. It's cookie convenience at its sweetest.

Baking cookies quickly in a hot oven – at 375 degrees F as opposed to a lower temperature – will make for soft results. They'll bake fast instead of sitting and drying out in the oven's hot air. Ever so slightly underbaking your cookies will give you softer results than cooking them the full amount the recipe says.

Mistake: When cookies turn out flat, the bad guy is often butter that is too soft or even melted. This makes cookies spread. The other culprit is too little flour—don't hold back and make sure you master measuring. Finally, cookies will also flatten if placed and baked on hot cookie sheets.

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Prep Instructions

1 heat Heat oven as directed below. 2 stir Stir Cookie Mix, softened butter and egg in a medium bowl until dough forms. Drop dough 2 1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. 3 bake Bake as directed below or until edges are golden brown.

One of the main causes of sticky dough is adding too much melted butter. If you put your dough in the fridge for 30 minutes to an hour, the butter will firm up a bit and make the dough much easier to handle.

A teaspoon or two of extracts will noticeably boost flavor when blended into your sugar cookie mix. Vanilla is the obvious choice. For a more intriguing flavor, add both vanilla and almond extracts. Rum, maple and anise are other delicious varieties to consider.

The ingredients you use and how you shape your cookies both play an important role in whether your cookies turn out crispy or chewy. The type of flour and sugar you use, if your cookie dough contains eggs, and whether you use melted or softened butter all factor into the crispy-chewy equation, too.

With Betty Crocker's new Batchables Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, that's exactly what you can do. Whether you're craving 4 or 24 cookies, simply measure the mix, add milk or water and bake! The resealable package means you can save the rest of the mix for another day. It's cookie convenience at its sweetest.