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    Crinkle cookies

    Evaporation is what gives crinkle cookies their distinct cracked surface: the cookie dough dries out first, before the leavening agents react, forming cracks. To make crinkle cookies, scoops of cookie dough are coated in sugar before baking. That sugar absorbs moisture on the surface of the cookie, drying it out. This promotes the cracking process that gives these cookies their signature look. Some bakers will actually coat the cookie dough in granulated sugar before coating in powdered sugar to promote drying and to form deeper, more prominent cracks.

    Lemon crackle cookies, also known as lemon crinkle cookies

    Lemon crackle cookies

    Freshly baked molasses cookies coated in turbinado sugar on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

    Molasses cookies

    A plate of chocolate sugar cookies and a glass of milk.

    Chocolate sugar cookies

    Chocolate crinkle cookies coated in icing sugar on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

    Chocolate crackle cookies

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    Eggless chocolate cake

    Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles on a cake stand.
    Learn to make an eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting with this easy recipe!

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    Poached pears on an enamelware plate.
    This simple poached pears recipe is easy and you can use the fruit for salads, appetizers, and desserts!

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