9/8/2023 0 Comments Nestle chocolate chip cookies![]() ![]() More: Easy recipes tested and reviewed here. More: Pro sports popping up is a good enough excuse to make French's jalapeno popper dip | No Budget Cooking Series More: Meatballs made from this Kraft recipe is easier than pie | No Budget Cooking Series Of course, that assumes you don't live with raw cookie dough fiends who will clean out the bowl long before the oven reaches 375 F. Allowing the dough to chill 24 hours before baking boosts flavor. Use baking powder in place of baking soda for more lift or chill dough with butter before baking to reduce spread. There's no shortage of advice on how to bake chocolate chip cookies to your liking. That would likely shrink the flavor gap between Crisco and Nestle.Īlso, I'm curious what percentage of home bakers add nuts to their chocolate chip cookies. ![]() Cut and dump into the bowl without the need to scrape shortening out of a measuring cup.Ĭrisco's online version of the recipe notes that, if omitting the nuts, add an additional half-cup of chocolate chips. I did use a melon baller that made smaller scoops for the last two batches of Nestle cookies.īuying the Crisco sticks makes measuring much easier. I took Crisco's direction of "rounded measuring tablespoonfuls" as to use an actual measuring tablespoon. Both fell short of the promised 3 and 5 dozen cookies, respectively. I got 24 cookies from the Crisco recipe and 42 cookies from the Nestle recipe. Subsequent batches with longer bake times gained a little more volume, especially those formed with a melon ball scoop. The first batch of Nestle dough, baked for 9 minutes, turned into chocolate chip cookie pancakes. Just adjust the bake time. Cookies baked following Nestle's recipe get crispier around the edges with longer bake times but the difference between chewy and crispy isn't as pronounced as with the Crisco version. Smucker, doesn't have a controlling interest in any chocolate chip making brands - I'm amused by parent companies of these brands sneaking product placement into the ingredient lists, like Pillsbury flour in this Crisco recipe, as if we don't know what they're doing - so I used Nestle Toll House chocolate chips for both recipes.Ĭrisco's dough can also satisfy both chewy and crispy cookie fans. HACKS/INSIGHTS: Crisco's parent company, J.M. Of course, all measuring cups could be set aside by converting volume measurements to weights. Five measuring devices are needed for Crisco's recipe while you can get away with four measuring devices for Nestle. I used a spatula to scrape down the sides. Nestle's uses about the same amount of flour as Crisco, but mixes in an extra quarter-cup sugar and double the chocolate chips.ĮQUIPMENT: Both recipes use two bowls, beaters, a wooden spoon and a baking sheet. In hindsight, perhaps I should have used the butter-flavored shortening. Still, the butter works in a supporting flavor role to the sugary chocolate flavor that exceeds cookies made with regular Crisco. However, when it comes to taste, the Nestle recipe gets a flavor boost from butter that shortening can't match. These cookies provide a toothsome, satisfying bite. Visually, Crisco produces a pleasing profile of crags and mounds surrounding the chocolate chips and maintains good height. But we're already breaking rules this week so let's get nuts. ![]() That's why I don't put much stock in how a dish looks. Making food that's tasty, not a Pinterest fail waiting to happen. TASTING NOTES: A No Budget Cooking Series tenet is to focus on taste over appearance. ![]()
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