Cookies have a strange aftertaste

[Brenda]

AOK - that's really a shame. I fully understand your frustration.

 

[ChesterV]

I made Peppermint Chocolate Pinwheels yesterday and they also have a strange aftertaste. I would describe as almost plasticky. I made these with a friend at her house and I am pretty sure the flour was pretty old since she had a bunch of it she bought at Costco and it was stored in a big plastic storage container - not a food container. And she had a bay leaf in it to repel weevils. The recipe included Peppermint extract and chopped Andes candy and the peppermint flavor seems to maybe exacerbate the after taste. I did not notice anything strange about the flour while I was mixing it, but everything else was fresh. I quadrupled the recipe so we would each have 2 batches, 12 dozen, for a cookie swap, and now I am bummed because they don't taste very good after all that work and money. After reading this, I am thinking the flour is likely the culprit.

It could also be that the two different mint tastes did not work well together. Andes candy is more of a plain mint, whereas Peppermint is different. I would think mixing the two flavors would make it taste funky.

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum @AOK!

Sorry to hear about the cookies, I would agree that the flour is the likely culprit. I've never heard of keeping a bayleaf in flour before, they can add quite a strong flavour to food so no wonder there was a weird taste!

 

[AOK]

Welcome to the forum @AOK!

Sorry to hear about the cookies, I would agree that the flour is the likely culprit. I've never heard of keeping a bayleaf in flour before, they can add quite a strong flavour to food so no wonder there was a weird taste!

Thanks Becky. I never heard of the bayleaf thing either, but I looked it up and it is one of the suggested ways to keep weevils out of flour. I also never heard of weevils in flour and could be because one of the other suggestions is to not keep your flour around too long.

 

[ChesterV]

LOL, yeah using a Bayleaf is an old-fashioned thing.
But, if you keep your flour in an air tight plastic container, you don't have to worry about it.

I keep my bag of flour in an airtight ziplock baggie, and then I put that inside an airtight plastic container.
I've never had any problems with my flour going bad or having funky tastes....and it lasts a lot longer that way too.

 

[Zyni]

You might have just got an old batch of flour before. Thats happened to me.

Yep, I've had that happen as well. I don't really notice much difference between brands, so I'm guessing there was another issue. I mean, flour is flour (if it's the same type). There may have even been a tiny, unnoticeable opening in the bag that caused it to become stale faster. I find it's better to put it into a sealed container instead of leaving it in the bag.

 

[Outkast#2020]

Sounds like you maybe left the butter out to long to reach room temperature. Or perhaps the salt in the butter. Or the vanilla omit the vanilla

 

[Sweet1]

I would say it is because of butter or cornstarch. But it is an old chat so probably you have already figured out