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Read a baking blog that said 'always use a scale' and I finally tried it last night
I've been baking cookies for years just using measuring cups. This blog kept going on about grams and precision so I borrowed my neighbor's kitchen scale. Made a batch of chocolate chip cookies with the weight method. They came out way more uniform in size and texture than usual. Kinda annoying since I gotta wash another tool now. Has anyone else had this experience where a simple change like that actually made a difference?
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sanchez.julia6d ago
Does the taste actually change" - yeah it does, because the texture changes and that affects how it hits your tongue. I used to get flat, greasy cookies with cups. Scale gave me consistent thickness and chewiness. It's not about being fancy, it's about flour density being different every time you scoop. If you don't care, cool, but I could taste the difference in my second batch.
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michael8036d ago
My buddy Tom switched to a scale last year after his cookies kept coming out like frisbees. He texted me a picture of his first batch with the scale and they were these perfect, puffy little circles. He said the difference was night and day, like his recipe finally worked the way it was supposed to. I mean, he's not some food snob either, he eats gas station tacos without flinching. But he swears its a game changer, especially for chewy cookies.
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I mean is it really that serious though? I've been making cookies with measuring cups for like 15 years and they come out fine. Uniform size and texture sounds nice and all but does the taste actually change or is it just a placebo effect for people who like fancy kitchen gadgets. Washing a scale after every batch seems like a pain for something that probably barely matters once you've eaten three cookies. Maybe it helps if you're trying to win a baking competition or something but for regular Tuesday night cookies I don't see the big deal.
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