" > wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2:19 pm, Roy > wrote:
>> With conventional recipes I can get crisp and I can get crumbly cookies
>> but I want "chewy".
>>
>> What do I increase or decrease to get the desired results?
>>
>> The last ones I made were made with butter and they tasted great but crumbled
>> terribly. Before that I used margarine and they were too crisp.
>>
>> This cookin' business sure ain't easy for us old bachelors.
>
> Are you using all brown sugar in them? Brown sugar makes a chewier
> cookie. Also, don't overbake them if you want them to be chewy.
> Oatmeal cookies can also get crumbly if you put too much oatmeal in
> them.

That reminds me, I got to get over Ohio at the big flea market, and buy
those Amish oatmeal cookies. I don't get anything like that anywhere. I'm
not sure how to explain the consistency of the chew. A fried of mine made
some Xmas cookies, and the basic taste was very similar. Not sweet, just
good taste. I'm going to get her recipe. When I buy the Amish cookies, I
buy a bunch and freeze.

Greg