Jelly Twinkles - Recipe Girl (2024)

FAQs

What temperature do you bake cookies? ›

Bake at 375 degrees F until golden and tender, 12 to 15 minutes. For crispy-cakey cookies: Bake the cookies at 425 degrees F until golden and crunchy on the outside, 8 to 10 minutes. For chewy cookies: Use 1 cup light brown sugar and 1/4 cup corn syrup and omit the granulated sugar.

Wait for the cookies to cool completely, then transfer them to a reusable freezer-safe bag or container lined with wax or parchment paper. I like to place them in a single layer to avoid any cookies breaking. Cookies will keep well for up to 2 months. Once ready to eat, simply thaw out at room temperature and enjoy.

Placing chilled dough in a slightly hotter oven (usually 400 degrees versus 350 — 375 degrees used for cookies like chocolate chip) helps the cookies retain their shape. Cool It. Let the cookies rest on the cookie sheets for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack for cooling.

4. Oven too hot. We've found that the optimal temperature for cookie baking is 350F. It gives the butter in the dough time to melt and lightly spread before the remaining ingredients cook through.

After baking, allow cookies to cool completely. Place them in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet to freeze them, then store them in a freezer-safe zip-top storage bag labeled with the name and date. Squeeze out extra air and place flat in the freezer. To save space, you can flat-stack freezer bags.

The scent, the texture, and the flavor—all incredible straight out of the oven. But what if you baked too many cookies, or you're hoping to bake dozens ahead of time so you can have treats on hand whenever a craving strikes? Once they're baked, most cookies freeze very well.

Thin, delicate cookies like tuiles, florentines, lace, and pizzelles usually have liquidy batters that don't freeze particularly well unbaked or baked, so it's best to make these kinds of cookies fresh.

Temperature Makes the Difference

You can actually play with the baking temperature to achieve a chewy gooey factor that you prefer. Higher temperatures (350-375 degrees F) with a shorter baking time yield a cookie that isn't as spread out but will have a nicely browned outside and a just cooked inside.

For those ooey, gooey chocolate chip cookies, 375 degrees Fahrenheit is your sweet spot. It's the perfect temperature to ensure super crispy exterior edges, while leaving the center slightly underdone and, thus, doughy and fudgey. If you're feeling particularly bold, give 400 degrees Fahrenheit a go.

ABSOLUTELY! If you have more time cooking at lower temperatures can be great because you will get more even cooking.

Can you bake cookies at 325 instead of 350? ›

325°F Baking Temperature

On the flip side, I wanted to test out how dropping the oven temperature from 350°F might affect the cookies. Dropping the temperature didn't produce as different of results as raising the temperature. These cookies were slightly softer with a chewy bite.