Updated On: 15 February, 2024 10:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
Newbie baker Ananya Panday recently showcased skills with chocolate chip cookies. We invited a city baker to help readers craft the perfect batch, with an easy-to-make recipe

Actor Ananya Panday showed off her baking skills in a post. Pics Courtesy/Instagram
It might be the simplest trick in the baker’s book, but cookies can, quite literally, be tough to crack. This writer has been through enough batches of overburnt cookies, darkened to a crisp, to know that it requires a fine balance to get that perfect blend of crisp exterior with a soft, gooey interior when it comes to chocolate chip cookies. Actor Ananya Panday recently joined the long list of new bakers trying their hand at the old-familiar of chocolate chip cookies. While Panday got it right, not many are as lucky on the first try.
Binal Valand, Malad-based food stylist, explains, “Overbaking is the most common mistake. I did it myself when I started out first as a novice baker. Your cookies should be fudgy and soft inside, but crispy on the outside.” Overbaking leads to the cookies turning crisp and hard, quite like biscuits. “There is a thin line between perfectly baked and overbaked cookies, and that is a very common mistake among first-time bakers,” she remarks.