Can you help fix my recipe?!


Question: Can you help fix my recipe!?
i got a peanut butter cookie recipe that i didn't like because it was way to crumbly, can you help me please

1/2c sugar
1/2c packed brown sugar
1/2c butter room temp (changed to shorting)
1/2c peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/4c flour
3/4tsp baking soda
1/2tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt


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Answers:
"Too crumbly' usually means too dry, so maybe you should slightly decrease the flour or increase the "wet" ingredients--which is hard to do when there aren't any! I'd begin by reverting to butter (or margarine) for the shortening!. If the dough doesn't form a smooth ball when you mix everything, try adding a little milk!.

And don't forget the criss-cross fork marks!. Without those, the cookies won't be real peanut butter cookies! : )Www@FoodAQ@Com


Ingredients

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 cup light butter
* 1/2 cup mashed banana
* 1 cup reduced-fat peanut butter
* 1/2 cup egg substitute
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 1 cup sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F!. Line 2 sheet pans with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper and set aside!. Alternatively, you can do this in 2 batches!.

Sift flour, baking soda, and baking powder together and set aside!. In the bowl of an electric mixer, blend butter, banana, and peanut butter together!. Add egg substitute, brown sugar, and sugar substitute and beat until incorporated!. Gradually add the sifted flour mixture to the mixer and continue to mix on low speed until incorporated!.

Drop batter, in 1 tablespoon-size balls, onto the prepared sheet pan, about 2 inches apart!. Flatten cookies a little with the back of a fork!. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown and crispy!. Let cool on a metal rack!.
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NGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1 cup peanut butter
* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 egg
* 3 tablespoons milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1!. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)!.
2!. In a large bowl, cream together the peanut butter, butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until well blended!. Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla one at a time!. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into creamed mixture!. Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls!. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets!. Press each ball once with fork tines!.
3!. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned!.
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This is my favorite recipe the oats keep them together!.!. Good Luck
PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup oats

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)!.
Cream together shortening and sugars (butter may be used as the shortening but cookies will spread more and brown more quickly)!.

Add eggs and beat well!. Mix in peanut butter!. Mix together flour, salt, baking soda and add to the creamed sugar mixture!. Mix well!.

Stir in oats!. Form dough into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheets!. Flatten with a glass or the tines of a fork!.

Bake for 12 minutes at 350°F (slightly underbaked is better than overbaked - so watch carefully or cookies will be dry)!.


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I have heard that when you substitute shortening for butter you need to add 1-2 teaspoons of water, because the butter has a water content!. I never sub shortening for butter in cookie recipes!. I only use real butter!.

I found this!. Hope it helps!.


From Land O'Lakes: Shortening:
1 cup butter or margarine can be substituted for 1 cup shortening!. When using shortening in place of butter or margarine, 1 tablespoon milk or water for each 1/2 cup shortening used may need to be added!. DO NOT substitute vegetable oil for shortening when recipe calls for melting the shortening!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You don't need so much oil for peanut butter cookies!. Try doubling the peanut butter and cutting the oil (butter/shortening) by half!. You can also try adding a few drops of milk to your dough!. A little vanilla extract might help too!.

also, I take my cookies out the over when the edges are brown (maybe a couple minutes before the recommended time)!. I let them sit on the cookie sheet for a minute or so, then transfer then to a cooling rack!. The cookies are crisp on the edges but chewy in the center!.

When storing your cookies, put them in an air-tight container with a slice of bread!. The moisture from the bread will be absorbed by the cookies and keep them moist!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Your recipe is almost the exact recipe of mine except:
1 cup flour not 1 1/4
1/2 tsp baking soda not 3/4
1/2 tsp salt not 1/4
And is it: arrange by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cooky sheet!.
Press flat with a sugar covered bottom of a drinking glass, or criss-cross with a sugared fork!. Bake until firm- about 8 minutes!. Good Luck! :) Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, there's this one recipe i have that makes them extra soft and delicious!.

set oven to 325, and bake cookies for 15 minutes!.
1 egg
1 cup of peanut butter
1/2 cup of sugar

it makes them really soft, and taste suprisingly really good!. For extra touch, make a whole in the middle of them when you are done, and put in some jelly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Swapping the butter out for another form of fat probably accounted for the crumbly texture!.

I would follow the same recipe but use the butter as originally instructed!. also, if you notice (before baking) that the batter is dry and crumbly you may need to add some milk/water!.

Hope this helps! Www@FoodAQ@Com

The higher the ratio of brown and white sugar, the more chewy the cookie is!. Try 1/4c white-3/4c brown!. (Shortening causes it to be crumbly too - the fat in butter is different, and causes it to adhere!. Use butter!. Butter is actually healthier - hydrogenated oil [solid shortening] is bad for you!.)Www@FoodAQ@Com

If the mixture is too moist, it maybe that you are useing a moister peanut butter than the one in the recipe!.

Try adding a bit less peanut butter, and ig the mixture is still too moist, add more flour until you can roll the mixture in to balls that don't stick to your hands!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Here is a good recipe:

1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed in cup
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup soft butter
4 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 beaten egg
1 3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp!. salt
3/4 tsp!. baking soda

GOOD LUCK!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Make these changes:
1 cup flour
1 stick of butter
1 large egg

Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar!.
!.!.!.and beat the egg prior to adding it into the mixture!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The SOLE SECRET to soft and chewy cookies regardless of a majority of the ingredients you put in the batter is:

*******Crisco Butter Sticks*******

EVERYONE has a MOUTH-GASM each and every time I bake cookies! I will FOREVER be a Crisco Butter Stick Gal!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Try adding a teaspoon or 2 of milk!. And mix it well, make sure all your dry ingredents are wet before you form your dough into cookies!. also adjust your cooking time and temp!. See if that helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

this is close to the one i use,

but use real butter, no shortening

1 and 1/2 flour

and use 1 cup of peanut butter!.



happy baking!!!!!!!!!!

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Try adding an extra egg and don't cook for so long!. Make the mixture a bit more wet with the egg or even milk!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I would add an extra egg! Everything else seems right!. Oh and a teaspoon of vanilla extract!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

try I cant Believe its not Butter stick rather than ShorteningWww@FoodAQ@Com

Add sum rum!. That should make it all better!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

dear stop being so touchyWww@FoodAQ@Com

add a half a cup of honey to itWww@FoodAQ@Com





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