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by dmd 624 days ago
My grandmother's index cards are nearly all for baked goods, and they're all useless. It'll call for "a small pile of soda" or "eggs" (no number, just "eggs"). The cookie recipe I loved growing up turns out to list no quantities at all EXCEPT ... "2 eggs OR add more flour" which ... makes no sense whatsoever. Maybe she was trolling us?
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If you want to understand baking chocolate chip cookies and the result of varying ratios of ingredients there are a few guides like this-

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/packages/baking-guide/co...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jesseszewczyk/buzzfeed-foods-best-c...