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Default Cornstarch in cookies?


"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 10/12/2014 12:49 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
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>>> Have you ever run into a cookie recipe calling for cornstarch?
>>> Someone in another forum asked what she could substitute, as she had
>>> no cornstarch on hand. What would one substitute? What purpose
>>> would the cornstarch serve in a cookie dough?
>>>
>>> I can't imagine not having cornstarch on hand, but then again, I'm the
>>> only idiot here who stocks tomato paste.

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>> http://www.recipe.com/melting-moments/

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> I have made these before. They have quite a delicate texture. Very nice!


I used to love them and they are super easy to make! They do break easily
though so not good for shipping. So I was totally taken aback when they
re-did them on Cook's Country, America's Test Kitchen because of the mouth
feel. I didn't mind that at all!