Food Lab: Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (butter vs. margarine)

Ingredients: 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 1 cup butter (or margarine), softened 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats InContinue reading “Food Lab: Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (butter vs. margarine)”

Butter versus margarine: Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

With my newly acquired tub of Becel Omega-3 Plus margarine and my recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, I set about that evening to bake two batches of cookies. I made two batches – one made with margarine and one made with butter. Ingredients: 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp saltContinue reading “Butter versus margarine: Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies”