Three things happen during baking that change the flavor of a cookie.
Maillard reaction, caramelization, and the melting of fats. There are more, but those are the three we’re going to talk about.
The maillard reaction takes raw flour and turns it brown. It absorbs some of the sugar in the process, and creates a more complex, nutty flavor. Caramelization also browns some of the sugar, giving it a smoky, bitter flavor. They also give the cookie a firm or crispy texture.
You also melt any fats, like butter, that are in the dough. Melted butter separates and spreads throughout the cookie.
There’s also often an egg that helps build structure for the baked dough, and sometimes baking soda for fluffiness.
This means uncooked dough is sweeter than a baked cookie. It has a soft, dense, and moist texture that disappears when fully baked. It’s butter and sugar held together with flour and egg, and it’s delicious.
I often prefer slightly undercooked baked goods.
I like my cookies medium rare
Bloody.
flour and grease smear
Salty, sweet, greasy flour and egg mush. Mmmmm
calorie-dense nutrient paste
Yay, food science!
Same reason people love raw cookie dough. They just like the taste.
I will never understand this.
It’s a ridiculous business model.
You’re a ridiculous business model.
Your mums a
rediculousbusiness modelThat’s not fair at all, his mom’s a savvy small business owner who does absolute numbers on OnlyFans. Have you turned your hobby into a career? Didn’t think so.
I don’t even sell flowers!
I mean, it clearly works if a lot of businesses do it.
Except for the fact that it makes a bunch of money you mean?
Based on what measure?
We’ve been baking some cakes and cookies like that in the Netherlands for decades.
Millions of dollars in yearly profit by the food industry that makes and sell raw cookie flavors disagree with your business acumen.
You have your preference, I have mine. An underdone cookie is gooey and melty but still brown around the edges, best of both worlds.
Because they are yummy?
I love these cookies personally. Soft cookies are so much better than hard crunchy ones.
Ya but you can make soft cookies that are actually cooked
Soft cookies can be make by changing the recipe slightly and not risk salmonella poisoning or other infections.
If you ordered a cookie and didn’t get what you want, that sucks and is indeed frustrating.
However I don’t know what that has to do with anyone else. If someone wants to eat an almost raw cookie, or a too soft cookie or whatever, I don’t think that should bother you.
I think what bothers him is that he had something that he liked and can no longer find. It may not be the case here, but companies (in the US) are en masse changing their recipes to be cheaper to manufacture and it’s affecting the end product.
In the case of something like a cookie which can be made 1000 different ways by 1000 different companies, finding what you like took time, luck, or both. When they change the recipe on you, it’s not a simple, “just buy a different cookie, dummy.” It’s a major undertaking. Sometimes you get lucky and this was the push that allowed you to discover a new, even better, favorite. More often than not though, it’s just another part of your day that got a little bit shittier than it was yesterday.
It’s annoying and I totally get it.
I understand your take and mostly agree with you. I just want to emphasize I’m not trying to call anyone a dummy or anything, just that it’s OK to like what you like.
If companies aren’t going to cater to you, yeah that’s annoying in most scenarios.
When you say trend, is it only on TikTok?
Crumbl cookies shops are popping up everywhere. Lines around the block.
Ah, they’re not over here. That’s why I’ve never heard of it.
I wonder if this trend will catch on to not cooking anything else properly?
I hate crumble cookies as well. Weak unsatisfying texture, and way too sweet before they even add all that syrup shit. Also they’re too big, I take like one bite and the sweetness is already unbearable.
Thank you. That’s the most insulting part. It’s a mediocre cookie at best.
I don’t order these and I can’t talk shit about them at home cuz I trying to be a better partner, so I do what normal people do and go vent on the internets.
I apologize to those who I have upset.
Personally I think the most insulting part is the price.
They make them big to try to justify it, but its still a bullshit high profit margin food.
I think people just like them because they are very fresh. Most places just sell you some cookie in a box made a couple weeks ago in a factory somewhere by robots so it is marginally better than that in theory.
Not to mention the fact that a single cookie is nearly half your daily caloric needs
That’s basically every cookie
I’m of the opinion that Crumble is only successful due to marketing and viral advertising from insta models. Just to double down on what you stated already: Their cookies are shitty, crumby, over sweet garbage that tastes like something out of the bargain bin at Dollar General. Actually, no. I’ve had delicious cookies from Dollar General. Bargain bin at Walmart bakery.
I’ve had delicious cookies from Dollar General. Bargain bin at Walmart bakery.
At least you pointed out your tastes at the end 😂
The point was that Crumbl is shit, not the socio-economic choices I make when eating cookies.
Agreed, I will take my mom’s homemade plain oatmeal cookies over these any day
First of all, that cookie looks absolutely baller. Secondly, damn you I’m going to get crumbl cookies now and fucking up my diet lol
My work here is done!
Child labor is bad and all, but like… Children making cookies is whimsical and fun. It’s not like toiling in the mines (which they yearn for).
Actually mines are where all the fairy dust is gotten from :/
So the mines are more whimsical :/
You should apologize :/
I apologize to the mines (which the children yearn for) for implying they aren’t whimsical and fun.
This is a trend? Then why all of the sudden can’t I find any cookies in my local grocery stores that aren’t hard as tits? This has been my cookie preference for my whole life!!
You’re fondling the wrong tits
There are no wrong tits, my friend.
You need some gingernuts.
This isn’t a tits pun.
my man if the tits you’ve been running into are hard, there’s something wrong
They work at a mannequin warehouse
Read that one right the second time
$50/hour ain’t a bad deal
These look like Crumbl cookies which are sold in their own stores for ridiculous prices. One cookie can legitimately feed 4 people since they’re so rich (and delicious)
When you say trends, is it among people not baking long enough? I love gooey cookies as well, but that looks raw.
Recently I used store made cookie dough (because “safe to eat raw”!) in a cast iron pan to make it more like a brownie, maybe like this. Surprise, it’s much thicker than a standard cookie so needs to be cooked longer than the directions say
Hypothesis: Want chewy cookies. Try cookie recipe, they come out crunchy. Bake for less time. Cookies chewy now!
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This is specifically talking about stores like crumbl cookies I think (appears to be what the cookie in the picture is). Very fancy, quite overpriced, pretty tasty, but kinda doughy in the center IMO.
I suppose it’s so you can take them home and cook them the way you like them.
