j) What are the ingredients needed for making a cookie?
Answers
Answer:
Find a trusted cookie recipe and follow the instructions. Once you feel comfortable with making a type of cookie, you can start to put your own personal spin on it.
Unless your recipe says otherwise, you'll always use large-size eggs, unsalted butter and nuts, and pure extracts of vanilla or almond.
Successful baking relies on the correct ratio of ingredients, so be sure to measure accurately.
Most cookie recipes call for all-purpose flour. For the best results, lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup and level with a knife. Do not sift unless the recipe specifically says to do so.
Unless you are baking with non-stick pans and cookie sheets, use parchment paper for stick-free baking and easy clean-up.
Chill dough for cut-out cookies, and soften it up at room temperature for a few minutes before rolling out.
Leave at least two inches of space between cookies so they don't spread into each other.
Adjust baking times to achieve the cookie texture you crave. A little less time produces chewier cookies; a little more time makes them crispy.
Bake bar cookies in the pan size indicated in the recipe so bar cookies don't turn out too tall or too short.
Cool cookies completely before decorating.