In each episode of our new podcast Perhaps bikers knowWe answer baking questions of our listeners. In Our last episode all about chocolate chip cookiesOne caller asked a very important question: what is the best chocolate for chocolate Chip cookies? Below is an edited excerpt from hosts Davarkin and Jessica Battilana. You can find the full episode Here.
Dude: Where do I start? I have so many ideas about this. I think we can control the easy answers first. The first of all the shape of chocolate you use is matter. If you are using Chocolate chipsWhich are designed specifically to not dissolve. And this has an impact on the final texture of your cookie.
A chocolate chip cookie that uses chocolate chips will not spread as much, which is no good nor bad: this is a stylistic thing, but it absolutely affairs. If you're Chopping your chocolateYou will get pools of chocolate over your cookie. Your cookie is going to add a little flatter; You will also have some bites that are full of chocolate and share parts of the cookie that are not. Personally, this is my preference.
Now, how to what Type Of chocolate to use, I mean …
Jessica: I mean, find your largest, right? I think there are plenty of good quality brands of chocolate chips there. Semicweet chocolate Will be sweeter than Bittersweet chocolate. The specific percentage of cocoa in Bittersweet against semicweighz Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Highce of brand to sort, but you can assume that cooked sweethe will always be a little sweet sweets as contempt. It really comes down to personal preference.
Dude: And yours is?
Jessica: Well, this is a good question. I like Bittersweet chocolate in my cookies. But my children like semicweet chocolate. Honestly, often what I'm doing is drafting up whatever bits and Bobs of chocolate I have in my pantry. So it will be like some chocolate chips, some chopped chocolate, you know, everyone in the pool. And you know what? It always turns pretty good.
David: I like you, prefer chocolate chocolate in my cookies. For me, the chocolate is there to offset the sweetness of the cookies.
We answer more basic cookie questions on the podcast, including solving the mystery of which one baker's cookies, even the cookies, and mainly is devicate kitchen dough. Listen to the full episode for the answers!
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