Top Tips: Baking Cookies

Here are some top tips and pictures to help you make the perfect cookie (using a drop dough mixture to achieve a soft and chewy centre)

• Double line tray with greaseproof paper (lightly grease tray with butter, add sheet of greaseproof paper, add butter on this sheet before adding final sheet of greaseproof paper, top with another coating of butter on the top sheet of paper.  This protects the bottom of the cookie from burning
• Use a heavy metal baking tray, I tried using my stone tray and didn't get as good results
• Keep rotating your tray near the end of cooking to help cookies cook evenly
• Allow enough room either side of your cookies when cooking to expand
• Wait 1-2 minutes before lifting off tray before putting onto cooling tray

 

Example of what drop dough consistency looks like



Example of how to place your dough onto your baking tray



Example of how cookies should look when taking out of the oven

Cookie Recipe Links
 White choc chip and apricot cookies with a soft chewy centre
American style double choc chip cookies