Can We Borrow ...?

[deguspice]

I just had a neighbor and his young daughter knock on my door and ask "Can we borrow a tablespoon of baking soda for making cookies?" I thought that only happened in TV shows.

Edit: I happened to see the neighbor again as he was walking down the street with his kids. He said the banana bread (not cookies) turned out great.

Comments

[wrenn.livejournal.com]

Erm... standard 3dozen recipes call for 1 teaspoon. Unless they're doubling the batches. Too much baking soda will 1) cause it to rise to quickly and collapse - for cookies, they will be crumbly, not chewy and 2) make what your are baking taste bitter.

And here's where you tell if they're making chocolate chip cookies... them to substitute 1/2 a teaspoon of sea salt for 1/2 a teaspoon of table salt that the recipes call for.

I don't know why, but the sea salt works far better. Just ask anyone who's had my chocolate chip cookies.

[(Anonymous)]

I was thinking that a tablespoon was a heck of a lot for baking soda too. Unless they are making a metric ass ton of cookies.

I am definitely going to use sea salt instead of table salt next time I make chocolate chip cookies. :-)

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Gah! That was me. I thought I was logged in. D'oh!

[wrenn.livejournal.com]

I will warn you.... It will make the chocolate sweeter, and make you treat the cookies like potato chips. :) (This, I was told, and this, I also observed)

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

I think we need to do a comparison test of table salt vs sea salt.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Even better advice is to pretty much never use standard table salt for anything!

[wrenn.livejournal.com]

I keep three different coarseness levels of ground sea salt around. I also keep Lavender sea salt and alea sea salt (volcanic). And, of course, Kosher salt. ;-)

My flour collection is varied, as is my sugar. (including caster sugar. )

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Neat!