Why Do My Cookies Spread Out So Much
Camila Farah
A touch too much sugar for one sugar is hygroscopic.
Spoon and level that flour or better yet weigh your flour. Cookies spread because the fat in the cookie dough melts in the oven. Just like a cold oven can affect your cookies so can an oven that is too hot. If your oven isn t hot enough the cookies don t set quick enough and the cookies have more time to spread.
Also remember that opening your oven up to peek on the progress of the cookies will make the oven lose heat and affect cookie spreadage. But once it bakes and the sugar releases that liquid it had been hoarding watch out for those puddles. It s the heat that sets the cookies and putting cookies into a too cool oven means the butter will melt before the cookies have a chance to set. Too hot and that butter in your dough can melt too quickly causing the cookies to spread too much before your flour mixture has a chance to harden.
A cookie that spreads too much during baking comes out too thin and may turn tough or overly crispy instead of soft. Well there are several reasons cookies spread. Cookies are the most common from scratch recipe made by home bakers so of course the top question relates to cookie baking. If there isn t enough flour to hold that melted fat the cookies will over spread.
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Having said all that the main reason cookies spread is that the oven isn t hot enough. So be sure your oven temperature is correct. If your cookies are still spreading add an extra 2 tablespoons of flour to the cookie dough.
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