Cooking adventures: Cookies attempt number 2

[erratio]

I used recipe number 3 from my double page of cookie recipes.

Things I learnt/questions I have from this adventure:

1) Don't use a recipe that advertises 3 dozen cookies.
2) Is brown sugar sweeter than white sugar? Because they turned out ridiculously sweet.
3) Stuff expands when it's baked. I should have known this from the last time but I always underestimate the amount of expansion. If I'd made proper sized cookies I have no doubt I could have gotten the full 3 dozen out, instead I got about 15 monster cookies
4) How do you make cookies dense and chewy? I prefer them that way to light and fluffy, but all the recipes assume I want light and fluffy and crunchy.

Tomorrow or Tuesday I hope to attempt banana bread. I would have done it today except I discovered that I'm still missing a couple of ingredients.

Comments

[zola.livejournal.com]

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n6_v195/ai_17963584/pg_4

[erratio.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That looks helpful, although I suspect it will take a lot of experimenting before I get them where I want them.

[munchingmoo.livejournal.com]

*Sigh* I've put in my laptop for service so internet is few and far between though I'm having a long break at work today and can sit here at the internet kiosk and LJ for a bit so I've finally read this hahahaha. Brown sugar has a caramely taste so it could potentially taste sweeter? Most chocolate chip cookie recipes use half half of both brown and white sugar. The best thing would be to try a whole different bunch of recipes until you find one you like but I think the sugar/butter loaded ones are gonna be more chewy.