FOOD NEWS
Potato Starch
Is The Secret Ingredient You Need For Next-Level Cookies
BY JOHN TOLLEY
There are countless tips and tricks to make the perfect cookie, but one that many cookie makers likely never thought about is adding some potato starch in place of flour.
Gluten in flour can form long protein chains, making cookies tough. Potato starch doesn’t contain gluten, thus using it with flour helps the amount of gluten that forms.
Potato starch also has the ability to retain more moisture than its counterparts, which makes for a cookie that is softer and more crumbly than others.