Hot Hot Hot!!!

Previously I wrote how I use tinfoil to line my cookie sheets. I find this method produces evenly baked cookies without having to buy those fancy tins and mats. Because I use these specific sheets for cookies only and the foil can be reused, I normally just toss the whole thing in the drawer for next time.


This particular afternoon I was hauling out a batch of chocolate chip cookies when my toddler thought he should dust the hardwood floor with the baby. Of course the safety of the little one was my main concern but not wanting the cookies to continue cooking on the hot sheet and not having enough time to remove each one with a spatula I instantly grabbed the ends of the tinfoil and plunked it on the cooling rack. Once the dust settled, I thought "why have I not thought of that before?" Of course the tinfoil does not heat up therefore you can handle it directly making it much easier to remove cookies to cool without having to risk squishing those slightly undercooked ones we like with the metal spatula. This also speeds up the process should you only have one cookie sheet. You only have to remove the finished ones and proceed to pick up a ready laid out piece with the batter all neatly piled.

Sometimes the greatest discoveries are made amongst chaos.....that means I should have enough tips to last a decade.

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