Mr.Food - Cookie-Baking Tips

Cookie-Baking Tips

No matter where we live, cookies are an around-the-world favorite! Mr. Food shares his easy secrets for baking cookies that are so foolproof, you'll be baking like a pro in no time!

Cookie-Baking Tips

Cookies are an around-the-world favorite. In England, biscuits are king. Italy has their age-old pizzelles and biscotti. In France, they prefer eye-catching petit fours. And, of course, who doesn't love the simple pleasure of digging into a batch of warm-from-the-oven all-American chocolate chip cookies? It seems that every culture has one or more cookie specialties. And if you want to fill your cookie jar with them, you don't have to buy a ticket to a far-off place, 'cause these tips will make you look like a pretty smart cookie yourself!

Unless a recipe states otherwise, preheat your oven.
If a recipe calls for butter or margarine, use only the stick variety, not butter or margarine from a tub, and not a lower-fat version.
When shaping or dropping cookie dough, keep the size consistent so they'll all bake evenly and be the same finished size.
Bar cookies will be easier to handle if you line your lightly greased METAL baking pan with foil. After baking, the foil will easily peel off before cutting the bars.
Bake batches one at a time on the middle oven rack so they all bake at the same temperature.
When cookies come out of the oven, remove them to a wire rack to cool and firm up.

With these tips, it'll be no time before your cookies will be making their way into your cookie jar and then your family's hands for loads of...

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