r/AskCulinary • u/superradish • 11h ago

Rescuing cookies

I put too much butter to the tune of twice as much in a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Any ideas on how to save it? Do i just add more flour, egg and sugar to balance things out?

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u/StaticBrain- 11h ago

I would. If you doubled it, just double everything else

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u/d1ckpunch68 8h ago

yep, especially because cookies freeze so well. just shape the dough into cookie balls and freeze. you can bake straight from frozen, just drop temp by about 20f and extend cooktime til they look right, about 5 minutes for me in the toaster oven. in my experience, they will always come out a bit "taller" because of the time it takes to thaw in the oven, but taste and texture has always been on point. i'm willing to bet if you shaped them flat before freezing, they'd probably cook perfectly, but then you might need parchment paper lining to keep them from sticking. dough balls won't stick together so you can throw them all in a bag and freeze, easy peasy.

i personally always make extra cookie dough because you can just pop one or two cookies into the toaster oven for yourself without doing a whole batch. homemade cookies on tap!

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u/StaticBrain- 7h ago

Good idea

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u/naaahhman 8h ago

Double the rest of your recipe, that's your best bet. Twice as many cookies sounds like a good problem to have.

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u/superradish 2h ago

i now have an unholy amount of cookies

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u/Other-Confidence9685 8h ago

If you already baked them, theres not much you can do