The Cookie Doctor Is In

12 Tips For Making And Baking Cookies.

1. When you are following cookie recipes you want to measure carefully. You want to do exactly what the recipe says for you to do and you will want to supply your kitchen with a good set of measuring spoons and a good set of measuring cups. And again I can not stress enough you must follow cookie recipes exactly as they are written. Don't change anything.

2. If your recipe calls for baking soda or baking powder be sure that its fresh. If not it will spoil your batch of cookies. If the baking soda or baking powder has been open for a while throw it out and buy a fresh box.

3. You want to remember that courser sugar will produce a chewier thicker cookie and of course finer sugars will produce exactly the opposite. So when working with sugars keep this in mind.

4. Be sure that you always mix your dry ingredients together first. This is especially true when you are working with baking soda or baking powder.

5. Mix your wet ingredients together briefly. Don't over mix or over work your dough.

6. Be sure to use a cookie scoop or measuring spoon to make sure all your cookies are the same size.

7. Always use parchment baking paper to line your cookie sheets with. You will produce much better cookies this way.

8. Allow your cookies to cool after you remove them from the oven before you do anything else with them.

9. If you flour your cookie sheet before you add the cookies it will prevent cookies from spreading so much and it will prevent chocolate chips from sticking to the pan.

10. You can make delicious vanilla sugar by placing a vanilla bean in your sugar jar for a week before you need to use the sugar.

11. Pay close attention to the baking time given in cookie recipes and try to follow it closely for better cookies.

12. Shake your raisins , or chocolate chips in flour before you add them to your recipe to keep the raisins or chocolate chips in the dough.

More Tips For Home Bakers

1. You really should equip your oven with a heavy duty oven thermometer and hang it from a rack in the middle of your oven. Your ovens dial and the temperature produced in your oven may be way off. So be sure you check to see.

2. You should use a level and check to see if your oven is level. Most stoves have legs on the bottom of the stoves that screw in and out and will allow you to level your stove.

3. Use the best possible ingredients for your baking and be sure that your baking powder or baking soda is fresh. If its not your baked goods won't rise and won't turn out right.

4. Buy yourself a set of measuring cups and spoons so that you can easily measure the ingredients going into your baked goods.

5. If your going to be doing a lot of baking you should purchase a good stand mixer with various size bowls so you can mix up and measure your ingredients and mix them up easier.

6. You need to purchase the various size pans your going to be using for your baking. You may want special brownie pans or maybe miniature muffin pans.

7. You will want to purchase yourself a good quality hand turned sifter so you can sift flour and other ingredients easily.

Its Important To Have A Fire Extinguisher

Always have a good quality fire extinguisher in your kitchen. You never know when a fire extinguisher may save your kitchen and your home from a serious fire.