Karen MacInerney wrote on 05 Nov 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> I didn't know about the sugar, though. Interesting; I would have
> thought brown sugar would make them chewier.
>

Some corn syrup in your dough will make them softer & chewier as well...

The corn syrup caramelizes (browns-up) faster than sugar does...making them
brown up nicely with less baking time...which makes for a softer chewier
cookie.

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"Mr Libido Incognito" > wrote in message
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> Karen MacInerney wrote on 05 Nov 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> I didn't know about the sugar, though. Interesting; I would have
>> thought brown sugar would make them chewier.
>>
>
> Some corn syrup in your dough will make them softer & chewier as well...
>
> The corn syrup caramelizes (browns-up) faster than sugar does...making
> them
> brown up nicely with less baking time...which makes for a softer chewier
> cookie.
>
> --
> The eyes are the mirrors....
> But the ears...Ah the ears.
> The ears keep the hat up.

Soft and chewy are two different cookies. Which are these? Soft cookies are
more puffy/cakey/spongey. Chewy cookies are toothsome and caramel-y in
texture, which what I'm very fond of. Brownies and cookies both.

kimberly