Wow.

[vr_trakowski]

I baked a double batch of cookies tonight, to take to work.  And discovered something amazing. 

I thought my little cookie scoop was the best thing going--like a miniature spring-loaded ice cream scoop that saves me so much fiddly work and smears.  But I've found something else. 

Parchment paper. 

Why didn't I know how much easier it made baking cookies?  No mess--in fact, I can lift all the cookies off the pan at once to start cooling.  No burnt bits left behind.  

No ineradicable stains on my brand-new, expensive, "non-stick" cookie pans.  

Yes, it's wasteful, and I can't even recycle the paper as my apartment has no such facilities.  But I don't care, and it is biodegradable.  

And the cookies are pretty good, too. 

Comments

[k9paw.livejournal.com]

I make my own ceral granola and parchment paper makes it SO much less messy and sticky. Oh and the clean up time is a drop in the bucket!

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Yes!! SO easy! Just lift and crumple! :D

[shippygrl.livejournal.com]

I love it. You can re-use it too, which makes me feel better about using it for almost everything that goes in my oven. once the cookies on one sheet cool enough for removal, you can scoop the next sheets worth on that same paper. depending on the temp of the oven, you can do that three or four times. It's really good for holiday baking. If I bake something on it, like cookies, and it's still really clean, I'll re-use it for roasting veggies or potatoes.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Good idea! I thought about reusing it, but the cookies were pretty sticky coming off. Maybe with something a little dryer.

[mingsmommy.livejournal.com]

I've been known to use the same sheet of parchment paper through a gross of cookies. I felt like I had been handed a miracle when I found it.

The cookie scoop is amazing...also in the realm of Where have you been all of my cookie baking life? silicone spatulas...not the lift the cookie off the tray kind but the scrape the bowl kind.

ALSO! Just read last night for consistent cookie shape, to scoop your dough and then chill before baking...haven't tried that one yet, but it sounds interesting.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love the silicone ones! So much less...gross...than the old rubber type.

Huh. Well, if I had room and if I cared enough about cookie size, I might try that. But generally I'm doing well if I get them reasonably spaced.

[elfling65.livejournal.com]

I'm new to the baking world and it makes life so much easier. I need to find one of those scoops, I hate getting dough on my hands.

I have to admit, my obsession in the kitchen is spatulas, bowl clean and flipping, kind. I have one really old one, I think we've had it from since we first met, that I prefer over every other one in the drawer. I've gone through 2 dozen bowl cleaning kind and my dog ate the one I loved. I wanted to beat her with the handle!!

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

This is close to what I have, but you can probably find it at a brick-and-mortar place. I can't remember where I got mine.

It's funny how one can fall in love with tools. My mother has knives that are older than I am.