>Make terrible cookies for 2 years>Finally ignore advice>Use more water and less oil than what's advised.>Make cookie dough that's dry enough to knead with my hands and not stick, forming a clean dough ball.>Bake at a temperature lower than advised.>Don't time the bake, just use finger to test firmness, and eye the edges to see if the bottom shows signs of browning.>Cookies come out pretty decent.I'm starting to think all of the recipes online are meme tier. It's also, "use a thousand sticks of butter" and "don't overwork the dough" or "Don't over mix the batter". And every time ignore that advice, my food tastes better with a better texture.
>>22197955>It's always, "use a thousand sticks of butter" and "don't overwork the dough" or "Don't over mix the batter". And every time I ignored that advice, my food tastes better with a better texture.Fixed
>>22197955>I'm starting to think all of the recipes online are meme tier.You are correct.
>>22197955>cookies>water>oilanon wtf r u doin
>>22198002Cheapo poor man's cookies. I didn't want to spend on butter or shortening.
>>22197955It gets better the more you do it too.Your intuitive baking genius grows exponentially with every recipe you wing, defying all conventional retardations with ever-increasing precision.
>>22198005i see. it sounds like you want a cake rather than a cookie anyway if you're adding water.
