Eggs in rolled chocolate cookie recipe

[Laurie M.]

Hi,
I'm planning to make rolled and cut chocolate cookies (crunchy-ish) and the recipe calls for 2 "extra large eggs" but the free-range eggs I buy aren't very big. They're called "large" but look on the small side of large. Should I add a third egg, or would the cookies end up with a weird texture if there was too much egg? Does the yolk in the egg add moisture and the white in the egg dry the cookie? Thank you!

 

[ChesterV]

No, an extra egg wont hurt anything, unless you are trying to make flat cookies. Usually if you want more "rise" in your cakes or cookies, you use extra eggs, but in this case...I don't think one extra will hurt anything.