Great! We diagnosed the problem. That’s so satisfying. Now you’re only problem will be to not eat them as often as you want to make them.

Hi Evan! Thanks for your tips! I did what you suggested and poured the flour into a bowl and fluffed with a fork. Then I measured 1/4 cup less than the recipe called for. And the cookies turned out delicious and beautiful! Now I just need to play with the times to get the consistency I want.

This is why I hate volume measurements. I should have weighed my measured cup of flour. There is sooo much variation in weight depending on how one measures flour. I would try again. Especially with whole grain flours. Try again but pour the flour into a bowl and mix it up a bit with a fork. Then use 1/2 cup – 1/4 cup less than the recipe calls for. Let me know what happens

Hi Evan – Thanks for your response! I used G&T Hard White Pastry Flour. I stuck the cup measure into the bag, fluffed up the flour in the bag, measured and then leveled off. Should I followed your instructions and poured the flour into a bowl instead?

Hi Julie,
Let’s see if we can figure out the problem. First tell me what kind of flour you used (be specific). Also how do you measure? Do you stick the cup measure into the bag and drag the flour up or do you spoon the flour into the measuring cup or do you pour flour into a bowl and scoop and swoop? I think either you used a very heavy flour or too much flour. I don’t flatten them even once the cookie dough is refrigerated and they still melt down into a flat thin-ish cookie.

Thanks for this. Apparently I forgot to hit “update” when I updated it yesterday. Now all is good.

Two. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. All fixed now.