Thread 21413276

why do americans use granulated sugar in these instead of powdered sugar? same for tarts

>>21413276 (OP)
powdered sugar has cornstarch in it
I think we prefer a less cake-y texture in our cookies

>>21413276 (OP)
Granulated sugar is important for the structure/texture

>>21413312
but most online recipes also use cake flour which has 10% cornstarch in it, or use 3/4 tablespoons of cornstarch

>>21413314
tarts are inedible when they have a grainy texture WE, EUROPEANS always use icing sugar and they are also healthier that way

>>21413312
>powdered sugar has cornstarch in it
In America, maybe? Not sure about other countries but I live in the US and preferred sugar does taste a little off here (not to mention that it's considerably more expensive than granulated).
Not OP, but what's stopping you from powdering sugar yourself with a blender? I do that for coffee and general cooking for two reasons. One, because wife and I are both from hot countries so we tend to drink coffee iced and she likes her shit poisoningly sweet while I'll sweeten the coffee to my tastes before chilling and and fridging it. This way, she can add quick-dissolving powdered sugar to hers to her diabetes-inducing sweetness preferences.
And two, certain things I make, like ice cream or instant pancake mix, work better with powdered sugar so i try to keep some on hand. If you want to, too, just store it in a jar because it will cake. I'm guessing the starch is added to powdered sugar to prevent caking. Anyway, having it in a jar with a tight fitting lid means you can shake it up often to help prevent that. And why the fuck is sugar sold in bags here? While you can get granulated in containers, powdered is always sold in plastic bags as far as I can tell.
>>21413314
Can confirm.

>>21413322
I've never used cake flour or cornstarch in my chocolate chip cookies, just all purpose flour plus granulated and brown sugar. I'm sure different people have their own family recipes.
I imagine adding powdered sugar could make the texture more like russian teacakes, which honestly doesn't sound bad.

>>21413333
i tried it and the sugar turned to caramel

>>21413322
What? No they don't. Chocochip bikky wikkies are usually made with plain flour or bread flour because one of the things Americans like about them is the chewiness of a fresh baked one. Making them with lower gluten flours like cake flour would defeat the point as they wouldn't be chewy anymore.

>>21413333
checked

>>21413337
You tried powdered the sugar and your blender turned it to caramel? How in the fuck Is that even possible?

>>21413338
store bought ones arent chewey or fudgy though thats what i call inedible

for a cookie to be edible this way it needs some sort of raising agent like meringue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCUdoBk_F2c

>>21413341
it doesnt have a low setting its one of those bottom blade ones, thats how you make praline

>>21413349
We're talking about Americans using sugar in making cookies, not buying already made ones. This is compounded by the fact that >>21413322 specifically mentions "online recipes" which no one buying Chips Ahoy would bother with.

>>21413355
so how can americans live with the fact that maryland chocolate chip cookies are way better than anything they will ever make at home ?

>>21413352
I have no idea what you're talking about but I'll take your word for it. The missus and I use an ancient Oster to powder ours and it comes out great. We mostly use it to blend tomatoes, tho

Most Americans are too retarded to realize powdered sugar is just granulated sugar blended with some cornstarch. Then they get to the grocery store and see powdered sugar is only sold in these huge containers and they figure "Oh I'll never use that much powdered sugar in a year! I'm not a pig!" And so they just make do with granulated.

>>21413330
Literally no one outside of English grannies and euro gays give a shit about tarts, this is a cookie thread now.

>>21413357
Taking comfort in the fact that they don't go into threads about baking cookies specifically for the purpose of derailing them from the topic of baking cookies.

>>21413365
i wanna see an american trying to make the superior version of the cookie chip which is raw cookie dough using granulated sugar, i wanna see their faces as they bite into the crunchy grainy mess they created, the brown sugar sticking on their gums and teeth while they nod their head pretending its the same hting as ben n jerry's and then exclaiming ""yeah the sugar totally emulsified in the butter, i made the right choice by not using icing sugar""

>>21413381
moving goalposts
we're talking about baked cookies not raw dough

>>21413384
its called COOKIE dough and this is now a COOKIE THREAD and americans popularized it yet another american thing europeans are better at

>>21413314
SPBP

>>21413276 (OP)
>why do americans use granulated sugar in these instead of powdered sugar?
because powdered sugar is finely ground sugar and corn starch.

>>21413276 (OP)
I have never seen powdered brown sugar

>>21413322
>but most online recipes also use
no

>>21413330
>and they are also healthier that way
also no

>>21413381
>i wanna see their faces as they bite into the crunchy grainy mess they created

i just made some with brown butter and the spread out like cake and leaked butter...never making cookies during summer again

>>21413322
I don't like cake flour cookies. I like them dense and chewy.