Word for the Day, Thursday, May 25, 2017 - Chinwag

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[Clearly Right]

"I think maybe I've been chinwagging about Russia just a little bit too long here on CNN..."

   

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wow! Unbelievable lore about choc chip cookies, but it is as I suspected. Seemingly minor differences in ingredients (fat) and technique make major differences in end results.

What I was really seeking was a way to make oatmeal cookies with various additions (craisins, choc. chips, etc.) that turn out to be about 3 in. in diameter and are soft in the middle. All the different recipes I tried with either oatmeal, or chocolate chips, came out different, depending upon whether I used butter, shortening, or margarine, or a combination of 2 of them. But, they all came out hard until I found recipes that added a box of instant pudding. Why would that make a difference?

During my “research” I ran across a recipe called Double Chocolate chip cookies which promised to be soft in the middle. It required instant chocolate pudding, and it is. There is an odd taste to the cookie, however, which is OK, but different. Further exploration of pudding cookie recipes (comments from people who used the recipes) mentioned an “aftertaste”. I don’t know if that is what I was tasting, or if my ingredients are just old. I’m busy trying to use up stores that have accumulated in my pantry for more than 10 years while I was battling a weight problem and NOT making cookies.

Thanks for the articles. I’m going to print them out and add them to my collection.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Melania looked gorgeous. The queen of Belgium is almost as tall, which is a surprise to me. Madame Erdogen was elegant in her Islamic attire. The French “first lady” just looked silly, trying to look like a teen ager, despite her wrinkles and arthritic joints.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I inquired at my bank as to their technique in making their cookies. They told me that the cookie dough is delivered by their vendor frozen and already shaped into patties. They bake them in a pizza oven right in the lobby. (I’d never noticed that before.) But their secret seems to be using frozen dough. Some of the tips in the research you linked also mentioned chilling, or freezing, the dough before baking.

Of course, I’m always in a hurry!