Karen MacInerney wrote on 05 Nov 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> I didn't know about the sugar, though. Interesting; I would have
> thought brown sugar would make them chewier.
>

Some corn syrup in your dough will make them softer & chewier as well...

The corn syrup caramelizes (browns-up) faster than sugar does...making them
brown up nicely with less baking time...which makes for a softer chewier
cookie.

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