Making cookies perfect

Some people like crunchy cookies, some chewy. Old cookie recipes used to be cakey.

Since you can find anything on the Internet, I decided to do a little research on how to convert older cookie recipes to the kind of cookies I like.

Sunset.com has an article about making The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie. They took the chocolate chip cookie recipe, (the one on the bag,) and made it over twenty-five different ways. They have a pretty good explanation of why cookies turn out cakey, crunchy, flat, etc.

Alton Brown, on his show “Good Eats,” had an episode called “Three Chips for Sister Marsha,” in which he made three versions of the same chocolate chip cookie recipe. The show’s transcript can be found here: http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/Season3/Cookie/CookieTranscript.htm .

So, I will be experimenting with shortening/flour ratios on some of these cookie recipes to see how they turn out.