Made this today; the texture of the crust and apples are better than any other pie I've had, but the flavor is a bit weak. Next time I will add more sugar and spices.
The recipe I use is basically Cook's Illustrated's "Big Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookie" recipe, but with different spices. When I bake the cookies, I let the butter get to room temperature, the recipe is all butter, no shortening, and I bake them on light colored baking sheets covered in Silpat mats. I measure all the ingredients by weight, so I don't think it's a measuring issue.
In other cookies I make that are chewy, I use melted butter (Chocolate Chip) or a combo of butter & shortening (Snickerdoodles), or even melted shortening in one. But my peanut butter cookies use all butter and they don't get crispy, thin edges.
I have 4 half sheet pans, so I always let the pans cool before putting more dough on them. I've tried chilling the dough between batches, but that actually made them spread even more, to the point of being inedible. Also, I have an oven thermometer in my oven to make sure the temperature is right, because my oven heats hotter than it says it is.
I hope that helps give you a better idea of what the problem might be. This cookie is becoming the bane of my existence. It's my white whale :/
When baking large batches of cookies, there is sometimes an obvious difference between the first tray and the last, usually in the way the edges crisp up or the spread. It has nothing to do with the temperature of the trays, because I always make sure they are fully cooled before the I put cookie dough on them. I suspect it has to do with the temperature of the dough as it sits on the counter, but I also get undesirable results if the dough chills too much in the refrigerator. What is the solution to make the cookies uniform from start to finish?
Occasionally when baking cookies, the edges of the cookies will turn out thin and crispy, instead of chewy and "rounded out". This almost always happens on my oatmeal raisin cookies in particular.
I'm not sure what causes this. Anyone have any speculation as to why this happens?
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Should the mascarpone and eggs both be at room temperature to start? My filling looked curdled so I wrapped a hot towel around the moving bowl until it came together. Unfortunately, my foil leaked and this got ruined (I've never done a water bath before. Perhaps the note to use large heavy-duty foil would be nice within the recipe). I will try again when I can bear the loss of the $30 of mascarpone! Also, the cornstarch slurry kept separating before it was time to use it and I had to remix it several times. Is there a reason it's made in part 2 and not in part 3?