Comments on: Fat & Fudgy Mocha Mint Cookies http://www.cookiemadness.net/2009/07/fat-fudgy-mocha-mint-cookies/ A Batch of Cookies Almost Every Day Sat, 25 May 2013 20:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anna http://www.cookiemadness.net/2009/07/fat-fudgy-mocha-mint-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-81129 Anna Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:30:37 +0000 http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=4173#comment-81129 Hi Valerie, I am so sorry to hear your cookies failed. Bummer! A few people have mentioned things that helped the cookies stay puffly. First off, using natural cocoa (not Dutch process) is more important that one might think. Natural cocoa has more acid in it and in some recipes, that acid is needed to react and cause the air bubbles to expand and the cookies to rise. Also, unbleached flour can often contribute to flatter cookies. Bleached (as mentioned by Joan) is better for puffy cookies. Cooling the chocolate mixture is important, too. About the semi-sweet chocolate, I think in your case that might have been the problem. Semi-sweet chocolate has more sugar than bittersweet and more sugar = more spreading. Still, I am really sorry things went awry and I hope you try the recipe again with the bittersweet chocolate, maybe some bleached flour, and cooled chocolate. Hi Valerie,

I am so sorry to hear your cookies failed. Bummer! A few people have mentioned things that helped the cookies stay puffly. First off, using natural cocoa (not Dutch process) is more important that one might think. Natural cocoa has more acid in it and in some recipes, that acid is needed to react and cause the air bubbles to expand and the cookies to rise. Also, unbleached flour can often contribute to flatter cookies. Bleached (as mentioned by Joan) is better for puffy cookies. Cooling the chocolate mixture is important, too. About the semi-sweet chocolate, I think in your case that might have been the problem. Semi-sweet chocolate has more sugar than bittersweet and more sugar = more spreading. Still, I am really sorry things went awry and I hope you try the recipe again with the bittersweet chocolate, maybe some bleached flour, and cooled chocolate.

]]> By: Valerie http://www.cookiemadness.net/2009/07/fat-fudgy-mocha-mint-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-81121 Valerie Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:13:12 +0000 http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=4173#comment-81121 Wow, I was so excited I decided to quadruple the batch for a cookie exchange without ever doing a test batch. My cookies came out so flat, the kitchen walls were jealous! So sad!, Epic cookie fail. It must be me, but I measured and weighed everything and followed recipe to the "T" EXCEPT used semi-sweet instead of bittersweet...maybe too high of fat content and that's the problem?!? I have to try these again, because I WILL achieve fat and fudgy!!! Oh yes, I will!!!!!!! Wow, I was so excited I decided to quadruple the batch for a cookie exchange without ever doing a test batch. My cookies came out so flat, the kitchen walls were jealous! So sad!, Epic cookie fail. It must be me, but I measured and weighed everything and followed recipe to the “T” EXCEPT used semi-sweet instead of bittersweet…maybe too high of fat content and that’s the problem?!?

I have to try these again, because I WILL achieve fat and fudgy!!! Oh yes, I will!!!!!!!

]]> By: Justine http://www.cookiemadness.net/2009/07/fat-fudgy-mocha-mint-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-44680 Justine Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:17:32 +0000 http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=4173#comment-44680 Upon making these for a third time, they finally didn't flatten! My family loves these cookies. Upon making these for a third time, they finally didn’t flatten! My family loves these cookies.

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