COOKIE DOUGH (SHORTBREAD) Flashcards
COOKIE DOUGH (SHORTBREAD)
1 PART SUGAR: 2 PARTS FAT: 3 PARTS FLOUR
Take away the sugar in this recipe and what are you left with?
Roux or beurre manie.
Take away the flour and what do you have?
Icing
On the fly cookie dough.
2oz sugar (4.5 tbsp) 4oz butter (1 stick) 6oz flour (1 to 1 1/4 cups) pinch of salt (if butter is unsalted)
What temp should these cookies be baked at?
350ºF
What will replacing white sugar with brown do to the cookies?
Make them chewier with a more complex sweetness and quicker to brown.
Glycemic index describes what?
The rate at which carbs break down and release glucose into the body.
What will using vegetable shortening do to cookies?
Give a distinct crispness
What will lard do to cookies?
Create a distinct savory, even porky flavor.
If using shortening or lard instead of butter, what else should you add? Why?
Water since butter is about 15% water.
What will adding eggs and/or baking powder do to basic cookie dough?
Give a little softer, airier crumb.
What will adding egg white do to basic cookie dough?
Create a tuile
COMMON TUILE RATIO
1 PART EGG WHITES: 1 PARTS SUGAR: 1 PART FLOUR: 1 PART MELTED BUTTER
What happens if you make cookie dough with equal parts butter, flour and sugar? What’s the problem with this ratio?
You’ll get a very rich chewy cookie, often called drop cookies. But they’re a little on the oily side without the addition of other ingredients such ass eggs and some sort of garnish.
What does increasing the ratio of sugar do?
Creates a crispier cookie.
Poppy seeds are 50% fat by ______.
weight
You should cream butter and sugar until what?
Butter turns a light color.
Recipe for ginger cookies.
10 oz vegetable shortening (1.5 cups) 8 oz sugar (about 1 cup) 1 large egg 1/4 cup molasses 12 oz flour (about 2 cups) 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt
Why will cookies with equal parts butter, sugar and flour spread?
The high proportion of fat.
To make a classic sugar cookie, how must the ratio be changed?
Equal parts butter and sugar are combined with egg and 50% more flour or 1.5 parts flour.
Give a sugar cookie recipe.
8 oz butter (2 sticks) 8 oz sugar (1 cup) 1 large egg 12 oz flour (about 2 cups) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla
If you like crisper cookies, what can you do?
Reduce the amount of fat and use white sugar.
