Hi..

I've made the Nestle chocolate chip recipe, except that I add a package of vanilla pudding, which last time made them not sink down, it kept them tall and thick. And that time they turned out great. This time, they are practically puddles that burn on the outside and the bottom before the top even cooks.

I'm so befuddled. Any ideas??

I recently made the nestle's cc cookies, they came out flat. I called nestles and I think my problem was overbeating. We went over a couple of senarios. They advised me to just stir in the flour mixture by hand until just incorporated. They said KA is too powerful to use to stir it in. Then stir in chips and nuts. I did this and they came out great. They also sent me a coupon for more chocolate chips and more variations. You can visit there website www.verybestbaking.com for more hints and help. From now on i'm just mixing by hand. HTH

I don't know what's happened to the NEstle recipe. I remember as a kid, we loved those cookies. But I stopped using the recipe forever ago .... they spread too much and are either over or under cooked. I refused to even make choc chip cookies for awhile until I developed my own choc chip recipe (which BTW is WAY better than Nestle's recipe!)

You know indydebi I was thinking something must have changed about the recipe. Seems that I used to make them with no problem, but now...How bout sharing your recipe, pleeeease.

I can remember my mom making Nestle's recipe when I was a kid. When I got married and on my own, I made some and yucko. They were bad. Now I use Martha Stewart's recipe except I use a little more flour. Her's doesn't have much flour so if you make them according to her directions, they will be very thin. I also use dark brown sugar. They are really good. BTW, another good cookie recipe of hers is Grammy's Cookies. They are my families favorites.

Good Luck!

I was wonder why mine always came out flat as a pancake. Actualy my pancakes are thicker tha the choclate chip cookies.
Anyway, thanks for finding out that information. I hate mixing by hand you have to be muscle man in order to stir then dough.

Holy cow, I was literally just going to post a question about this but then I forgot (ate too much cookie dough I guess)! Ironically, about 8 days ago I posted a link to some cookie troubleshooting tips and mentioned that if you make sure the ingredients are measured exactly (esp. make sure you have enough flour and not too much sugar) your cookies won't spread or sink. Then 2 days later I had a hankering for the darned things so I made them. They spread! They sank! DOH!!

Now I am going to have to try again with the fabulous advice to try stirring by hand.

I posted a cookie recipe for "anything goes cookies" that make really good chocolate chip cookies. I played around with several recipes and changed them around until I got one that works for a lot of flavors and stays soft yet firm.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-5513-0-Anything-Goes-Cookies.html

In the instructions it says almond and vanilla extracts, but I only used vanilla in my final recipe. Guess I forgot to edit it out of the instructions when I took it out of the ingredients.

I make Nestle chocolate chip cookies all the time, it's my all-time favorite recipe. I think the trick is definitely how you prepare the dough. I mix it all by hand, gently, and do NOT overmix. I use a pastry blender to cut-in the butter, then use my whisk when adding the eggs to make it nice n' smooth. Then I use a large rubber spatula and GENTLY fold-in the dry ingredients and chips just until blended! They turn out light n' fluffy every time!

Cambo,

Would you be willing to post a recipe with the directions?

I've never been able to make a good looking chocolate chip cookie; they taste fantastic, but they're flat and too big.

Thanks for the help!

Marianne

One thing that some people do that makes cookies flat is that they use the stick margarine to make them. A lot of those have as much as 30% water content which will make your cookies flat. If you do use margarine, make sure it is 100% oil. Of course, real butter is always the best!

Here is my good cookie recipe I developed over the years...

2 cups Butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup sugar

Cream these 3 ingredients together. Then add:

4 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla

Cream together well. Then, while your KA is mixing, add 1Tbsp baking soda and 1 tsp. salt. After that is mixed in scrape the bowl well. Then gradually add 6 cups of flour and mix until it just comes together. Then I add 4 cups (or 2 12 ounce packages) of semi sweet chocolate chips.


Drop by large tablespoonful onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes, or until they are as brown as you like them.
I usually get about 4 1/2 dozen large cookies out of this recipe.

Thanks, Cambo! LOL. And thanks, Melsherard!

I'll make some as soon as I recover from eating too much cake this past weekend.

I've always used the Nestle Tollhouse Cookie Recipe. I've replaced the butter with the butter flavored Crisco and I DO mix them in my KitchenAid. They get FANTASTIC. Very thick and semi-soft. I use a cookie scoop to put them on the tray. The butter thins them out too much because of all the fat in it. Hope this helps.

This may be a stupid question, but have any of you been to Anna Ginsberg's Cookie Madness website? I started making a zillion cookie recipes in the spring and went there for inspiration. She has a good variety of different choc. chip recipes. They're tried and true and she posts pics and feedback.
She even won 1 million dollar Pillsbury Bake off last year.
How cool is that?

whitneysmere
Please post Anna's website.

I posted a recipe in the recipe section and it is REALLY REALLY good. The cookies can be frozen and when you take them out, they are just as moist as the day you put them in the freezer...

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-3743-0-Award-Winning-Chocolate-Chip-cookie.html

Never mind, I found it. That is a very interesting site. Thanks for sharing!

Geez, I thought it was just me. I used to make awsome cookies with Nestle's recipe....now, like a piece of paper. So I switched to a new recipe that my mom's friend gave me. It is better tasting than Nestle (IMHO) and turns out perfect every time! Here is the recipe:

Cookie Factory Cookies ( I have also seen it called Neiman Marcus Cookies)

Cream together:
2C butter
2C sugar
2C brown sugar

Add:
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Mix together:
4C flour
5C oatmeal (use blender to make into a powder)
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda

Mix flour mixture with butter mixture.

Add:
24 oz. chocolate chips
8 oz. Hershe bar-grated
3C chopped nuts

Bake at 375* for 6-10 min. They will not appear done.

The "Neiman Marcus" cookie recipe is by far my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe!!! I suggest everyone try it!

Jenlen....thanks for posting the recipe! I'm going to give these a try for sure! They sound yummy and what a HUGE recipe.....mmmmmmm!