What do you do if your cookies aren’t baking?

For a quick fix, try reducing the oven temperature by 25°F. If you don’t see better results, next time substitute some lighter ingredients, like bleached flour or granulated sugar, or reduce the amount of liquid sugars (molasses, honey, corn syrup) in the recipe. Cookies are pale on top and burnt on bottom.

What do you do if your cookies aren’t baking?

Cookies not baked long enough. Using too much flour or the wrong kind of flour.
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Solutions:

1. Decrease the amount of butter and sugar.
2. Use shortening instead of butter, or a combination of the two if you don’t want to sacrifice that buttery flavor.
3. Add an egg to the dough.
4. Use cake flour or pastry flour.

How long should you bake cookies at 350?

Place one baking sheet at a time onto center rack of preheated 350 degree F oven. Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, still have pale tops, and are soft in the center, about 8 to 10 minutes. (Do not overbake! They will firm up more during cooling.)

How do you make cookies softer instead of crunchy?

Using lower-moisture sugar (granulated) and fat (vegetable shortening), plus a longer, slower bake than normal, produces light, crunchy cookies. That said, using a combination of butter and vegetable shortening (as in the original recipe), or even using all butter, will make an acceptably crunchy chocolate chip cookie.

Can I Rebake cookies that are too soft?

You can even rebake cookies long after they’re cool to restore crispness or freshness. … Turns out the cookies weren’t quite done when you took them from the oven and they’re soft and mushy. Pop them back in the oven for an extra minute or two until they’re golden brown.