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On 25/01/2016 10:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:22:28 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
>> I made a batch of chocolate chip - hazelnut cookies this afternoon and I
>> reduced the sugar content. They didn't spread as much as I think they
>> should have. Most are domed and are almost an inch thick. I only reduced
>> the brown sugar by about 18% but halved the white sugar.
>> Does brown sugar affect the spreading?
>> Graham

>
> I'm too tired to look it up in Shirley Corriher. Sugar is one of the
> things that is necessary in a ratio with other ingredients. I
> wouldn't mess with sugar, either more or less.
> Janet US
>

I'll have to look at UK recipes where the ratios might be different as
they don't generally have such sweet teeth.
Graham
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