Goat Cheese Sugar Cookies Recipe - Fresh April Flours (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you don't put enough flour in sugar cookies? ›

Adding too little flour can cause cookies to be flat, greasy, and crispy.

Flour is a stabilizer and thickener and controls how much the cookie rises. It holds the cookie together, providing it with its structure. If you use too little flour your cookie won't keep its shape but if you use too much you'll end up with a thick tasteless cookie.

I rolled it out with powdered sugar as suggested and it is so much better than using flour! I've made them twice in the past couple weeks. I was worried the lemon and almond would be too strong, but they are just the perfect amount of flavor so the cookies aren't bland. You won't regret making these.

Easy Add-In: After creating the dough according to the sugar cookie mix instructions, Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream to create a tangier, cakier and all-around more flavorful cookie. Flavor Twist: For a punchier twist, swap the water in the sugar cookie mix instructions for rum, bourbon or coffee liqueur.

Bakers recommend substituting white flour with coconut flour in a ratio of 4:1. In other words, if the recipe calls for 1 cup flour, then you can use ¼ cup coconut flour. You can also increase the number of eggs in the recipe.

Using too much flour makes for an extra crumbly bread.

If you're tapping your measuring cup to level out flour as you measure, or you're pushing down the piled-up powder, you'll end up using too much of it. I packed my flour for this loaf, and what I got was a crumbly cake with a dry crust all around.

Cream of tartar makes cookies chewy, as it precludes the sugar in the dough from crystalizing, which would lead to crispiness (ie: the opposite of chewiness).

Flattening the cookie dough provides more surface area that comes into contact with the ice bath, shortening the time it takes to chill. Then submerge the dough in the ice water and let it chill. After 20 minutes the dough will be completely chilled and ready for baking.

Add a teaspoon of good quality cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon ginger. Zested Orange, Lemon, or Lime Sugar Cookies. Add a tablespoon of zest and a teaspoon of orange flavor, lemon flavor, or lime flavor to your cookies to give your sugar cookies a zesty flavor.

What happens if you add too much sugar to sugar cookies? ›

This additional moisture results in cookies that spread more during baking, giving you that classic thin and chewy texture. If you're aiming for thin, crisp cookies, a higher sugar content is the way to go. Conversely, reducing the amount of sugar will yield cookies that are thicker and cake-like in texture.

Soft – Dough that's “soft” or “runny” can be thickened by adding one or two tablespoons of flour to your mix. This will help keep your batch from “Spreading” and coming out of the oven looking like flat, not-so-cookie-like puddles.

If you thaw the half batch and mix in half of the flour you left out, it might work. I suggest you work the flour in as gently as possible, and then chill it for a few hours. Overnight would work. That would give the added flour time to hydrate fully, and take on the flavors in the cookie dough.

Over-working the dough yields a tough cookie, which is not at all what you want. The very best sugar cookies are soft and tender. → Follow this tip: One of the keys to great sugar cookies is mixing the dry ingredients only until they're just incorporated, and not a second longer.