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Five Secrets to Making Better Cookies
by Rachel Paxton
Make sure your cookie sheets aren't too
thin. The heavier your cookie sheet, the
less likely your cookies are to burn. If
you can't afford heavy-duty cookie sheets,
you can cover your thin ones with layers
of aluminum foil.
Experiment with the temperature of your
oven. My oven is always hotter than what I
set it for. I set my oven 25 degrees
cooler than what a recipe calls for.
Always place your cookie dough on cold
cookie sheets. If you don't let the cookie
sheets cool, your cookie dough will spread
too much from the heat of the cookie
sheets.
Don't bake the cookies for too long. They
should be light brown around the edges.
Keep in mind that the cookies will
continue to cook from the heat of the
cookie sheet after you remove them from
the oven. I always let my cookies bake too
long because I didn't think they were done
yet. Your cookies should look a little
underdone when they come out of the
oven.
Cool the cookies on the cookie sheet until
you can lift them with a spatula without
breaking them. Cool them completely on
wire racks, if you have some, otherwise
you can cool them on paper towels or waxed
paper.
While there are many reasons for teaching kids to cook -- less expensive than eating out, preserves family heritage, etc, the most important
reason is that by teaching your child to cook, you're giving him a better chance to be a healthy grown-up. Enabling your child with the ability
to appreciate freshness and to transform ingredients into tasty foods opens their eyes to making wiser choices about what to eat...
by Rachel Paxton
Let's Get Cooking!
