Samantha Dodge Building blocks of Baking

Cookie sheet should always be room temp. or cooler so cookies don’t spread. Keep one in fridgerator and other on hand and ready for second batch. Add half butter and shortening to keep cookies from spreading. Tips for Baking

Cookies might be too close to heat source causing them to stick to bottom. Insulated aluminum cookies sheets keep things from burning and sticking Check oven, your oven might be a little off compared to the cook books. Sticky goodies?

Add an apple half to your containers of cookies or bread. Freeze cakes and bread with a piece of towel, to draw out moisture. Put dry cookies on a cookie sheet, dampen a dish towel. Keeping goods good

Add extra butter Cut back on the dry and bump the moist. Monitor as you bake, don’t let brown too much. Will not soften if let brown too much Keeping goods softer

Use cooling racks to stop the baking process. Rinse the cooling rack after first batch comes out, so you don’t have to wait for it to cool. Dry the cooling rack so it doesn’t burn you or counter. Butter based cookies will melt as soon as they touch a hot surface resulting in flat cookies. When cookies have cooled eat and enjoy!! Cool down and enjoy

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