Hi everyone!
As promised, here is my second attempt at the Sally Christmas sugar cookies, this time using a food scale for the ingredients. The last pic is from my first attempt/post last week. The difference!
WOW. Y’all weren’t kidding how weighing changes lives. I loved it! I tested my old method of measuring a cup of flour with my usual scoop directly from bin and press against the side versus the pour a little at a time into a bowl. I used the King Arthur measurement chart for weighing and my old method was almost DOUBLE the amount that one cup is supposed to weigh🫠 very humbling but also so exciting to bake going forward with more accuracy.
These cookies turned out SO light, SO fluffy and the dough was completely different this go round. Thank you all for your help and solving this mystery. And shout out to the commenter who told me how to quickly get items to room temp. My baking adventure continues!
by Haunting_Run_7246
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Congratulations! They look amazing!
[https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15295/soft-sugar-cookies-iv/](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15295/soft-sugar-cookies-iv/)
This is a recipe a commenter left that I made afterward and prefer over Sally’s if anyone wants to try it out!
This update made my day!
What a difference, they look delicious! This is one of the best things about this sub, everyone is so helpful!
I made cookies today too and they spread so much I immediately put them in the fridge. I told my boyfriend, it’s on Reddit, the dough needs to chill.
That’s awesome! Cookies look great. 🙂
Oh yay!! Congrats op! 🥳
Way to go! Those cookies look amazing 🤩
If you weigh by volume you can’t press against the side. Use another cup to scoop and then dump into your measuring cup. Don’t compact it at all. Fill it until it’s heaping and then use the back of a knife to gently level it and push off the excess. If you were pushing against the side or pressing it down in any way, then of course you’re using way too much. If you’re meant to press it down and fit as much as possible it’ll be listed as a “packed” measurement, such as a cup of packed brown sugar.
I love a happy ending! 🥲
Yay congrats ! I made these same Sally’s cookies and they turned out pretty yummy. They were a hit with my friends/family!
yipee !! im so glad for you !
Weighing flour is an absolute game changer!!! Enjoy all the amazing Sally recipes you know have access to 😝
Yaaaay!!!! Thank you for updating us so fast wow!
So glad they came out perfect this time💕
Just out of interest why did you use the KA measurement chart? I’m pretty sure Sally gives her quantities in both cups & grams, doesn’t she?
Hurray! I am so happy to see this! Great job!
agh they’re GORGEOUS 😍
I’ve never tried these what are they they look so yummy
I love Sally. Everything thing I’ve made of hers has turned out amazing ✨
I started making pasta dough and must have gotten lucky the first 2 times. The third and fourth, the dough just was so hard unusable. I started using a recipe with weights instead, and the difference is just amazing. I’ll never go back to “cups of flour”.