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Cookies spread, turn hard or break
Expert troubleshooting for cookies that spread too much, bake up hard or break apart. Learn how dough temperature, ingredient ratios and baking conditions affect shape and texture.
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Check whether the unbaked imprint was already blurred. If it was sharp, investigate spreading, rising and dough suitability; test two matching cookies while changing only one condition.
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