SC - OOP, choc chip cookie solved, OLD

[Gerekr]

Hello All,

About 6 mo. ago I was weeping and wailing about not being able to get my 
chocolate chip cookies to come out the way we wanted them (thin & chewy, 
not dry and cake-y), and a number of people on the list were kind enough 
to suggest possible remedies.

FYI, we figured out a fix last week!  One part accident, one part 
history... my husband tried a batch and lost track of the flour; then 
within a day or two, I got an idea to cross-check my recipe against the 
1959 Betty Crocker cookbook I have from my mother.  IT gave an amount of 
baking soda 1/2 of the modern recipe!  

So we tried a batch with less soda AND less flour (for a full batch, 
adjusted amounts 1/2 t. soda, 2 c. flour; vs. standard amounts 1 t. soda, 
2 1/4 c. flour ), and got just what we wanted!    I figure the batches we 
got "right" years ago must have been because of some really old soda, so 
old it was acting at 1/2 strength.

Anyway, thanks again.

Chimene
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